Varapala
CultureChinese
DateSong dynasty (960-1279)
MediumWood
DimensionsOverall: 10 3/4 × 5 7/8 × 3 3/4 inches (27.31 × 15 × 9.6 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number35-49
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DescriptionStanding figure, right arm raised, wearing a long flowing skirt, long scarves, and a necklace. Hands and feet lacking. Traces of red paint. Wooden base.ProvenanceT'ien Lung Shan, China, by 1931 [1];
With Otto Burchard, Peiping (modern-day Beijing), China, by 1932 [2];
Purchased from Burchard, through Laurence Sickman, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1932.
NOTES:
[1] According to Laurence Sickman, in a letter to Langdon Warner, July 20, 1932, Harvard University Pusey Library, Langdon Warner Personal Archive, HUG4872.1010, box 12, folder 20, copy in Nelson-Atkins curatorial file.
[2[ Ibid.
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