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Subrahmanya, God of War (Karttikeya)

Subrahmanya, God of War (Karttikeya)

CultureIndian
Date13th century
MediumDark copper-bronze
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/8 × 2 1/8 inches (10.48 × 5.4 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number44-20
On View
Not on view
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Exhibition History

Miniatures and Small Sculptures from India, University Gallery, College of Architecture and Fine Arts, University of Florida, Gainesville, April 10-May 29, 1966, no. 21 as Karttikeya/Subrahmanya.

Provenance

With Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, by 1944;

 Purchased from Heeramanceck Galleries by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1944.

Published References

The University Gallery, University of Florida, Miniatures and Small Sculptures from India, exh. cat. (Gainesville: University of Florida, 1966), unpaginated.

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