Rama, an Avatar of Vishnu
CultureIndian
Date15th-16th century
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall: 31 1/2 × 10 1/4 × 10 1/4 inches (80.01 × 26.04 × 26.04 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number34-4
On View
Not on viewCollections
Exhibition HistoryHindu Sculpture, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota, January 25-March 2, 1952, no cat.
Art of India and Southeast Asia, Krannert Art Museum, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois, Champaign, May 17-June 14, 1964, no. 64 as Rama.
The Art of India, Des Moines Art Center, Iowa, November 20, 1971-March 12, 1972, no cat.
With C. T. Loo & Co., New York, by January 1934;
Purchased from C. T. Loo & Co. by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1934.
Krannert Art Museum, Art of India and Southeast Asia, exh. cat (Champaign: College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois, 1964), 48-49, fig. 64, (repro.).
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