Mahasiddha Manibhadra Under a Mango Tree with an Evicerated Dog

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  • Title : Mahasiddha Manibhadra Under a Mango Tree with an Evicerated Dog
  • Year : 1201–1400
  • Classification : Sculpture
  • Medium : Terracotta
  • Dimension : 31.0 x 21.0 x 9.5 cm (12 3/16 x 8 1/4 x 3 3/4 in.)
  • Accession No : Reference Number 1995.465
  • Country/ Geo-location : Nepal
  • Period : 13th/14th century
  • Collection : The Art Institute of Chicago
  • Credit Line : Gift of Paul Walter in honor of Dr. Pratapaditya Pal
  • Status : Currently Off View
  • PROVENANCE : Gifted to the Art Institute by Mr. Paul F. Walter, Princeton, NJ., April 5, 1996.
  • EXHIBITION HISTORY : Chicago, IL, The Art Institute of Chicago, “Himalayas: An Aesthetic Adventure, ” 5 April 2003 - 17 August 2003 and Washington, DC, The Freer Gallery of Art & Arthur M. Sackler Gallery: 18 October 2003 - 11 January 2004 *New York, NY, Rubin Museum of Art, “Holy Madness: Portraits of Tantric Siddhas”, 11 February 2006 – 7 May 2006.
  • PUBLICATION HISTORY : Rob Linrothe, Editor, Holy Madness: Portraits of Tantric Siddhas (Rubin Museum of Art, New York, 2006), p. 280 and 282 cat. 43. Also see p. 168. *Pratapaditya Pal, Himalayan Art: Selected New Acquisitions. Arts of Asia, 29, 3 (May-June 1999), p. 79, fig. 9. *Pratapaditya Pal, Icons of Piety, Images of Whimsy: Asian Terra-cottas from the Walter-Grounds Collection. (Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987), p. 77: 41 and color plate p. 24. *Pratapaditya Pal, Himalayas: An Aesthetic Adventure (The Art Institute of Chicago, 2003), p. 56-7, plate 28.