Four-Armed Dancing God Ganesha with His Rat Mount

Details

  • Title : Four-Armed Dancing God Ganesha with His Rat Mount
  • Year : 1501–1700
  • Classification : Sculpture
  • Medium : Gilt bronze repoussé
  • Dimension : 50.9 × 39.9 × 14 cm (20 × 15 5/8 × 5 1/2 in.)
  • Accession No : Reference Number 2008.701
  • Country/ Geo-location : Nepal
  • Period : 16th/17th century
  • Collection : The Art Institute of Chicago
  • Credit Line : Gift of Marilynn B. Alsdorf
  • Status : On View Asian Art, Gallery 141
  • PUBLICATION HISTORY : Art Institute of Chicago, Annual Report 2008-2009 (Art Institute of Chicago, 2009), pp. 19-20. *Ghose, Madhuvanti. 2009. “Four-Armed Dancing God Ganesha with His Rat Mount” Notable Acquisitions at the Art Institute of Chicago, Museum Studies 35 2, pp. 38-39. *Notable Acquistions at the Art Institute of Chicago (Art Insitute of Chicago, 2009), p. 38, ill.
  • PROVENANCE : Sold to Mr. James W. Alsdorf (died 1990), Chicago, Ill., by Stolper Galleries, Munich, Germany, February 4, 1979; Loaned long-term to the Art Institute of Chicago by Mr. James W. Alsdorf (died 1990), Chicago, Ill., February 4, 1983; Gifted to the Art Institute of Chicago by Mrs. James W. Alsdorf (née Marilynn Bruder), Chicago, Ill., December 24, 2008.