Rama, an Avatar of Vishnu
CultureIndian
Date15th-16th century
MediumCopper bronze
DimensionsOverall: 7 7/8 × 3 3/4 × 2 1/8 inches (20 × 9.53 × 5.4 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number35-253
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Exhibition HistoryArt of India, Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, OK, February–March, 1949, no cat.
Art market, Bombay (modern-day Mumbai, India), by 1935 [1];
Purchased on the Bombay art market, through Laurence Sickman, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1935.
NOTES:
[1] Nelson-Atkins Archives, RG01/01 Director's Office Records, Paul Gardner, box 4, folder 41, 1935 Sickman purchases en route. Before Laurence Sickman assumed his role as Curator of Asian Art in June 1935, he traveled through South Asia and the Middle East on his way from China to the U.S. While in Bombay, he purchased this bronze from an unknown vendor.
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