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Bust of a Female Figure

CultureIndian
Date2nd century B.C.E.
MediumRed terracotta, molded
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/2 × 2 3/8 × 7/8 inches (6.35 × 6.03 × 2.22 cm)
Credit LineGift of Imre Schwaiger
Object number35-254/2
On View
Not on view
Exhibition History

6000 Years:  Art in Clay, The Los Angeles County Fair, Pomona, California, September 12-September 28, 1952, no. 36.

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. 8 as Female Bust.

Provenance

With Imre Schwaiger (1868–1940), Delhi, by 1935 [1];

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1935.

[1] Before Laurence Sickman assumed his role as curator of Oriental art in June 1935, he completed his commitments in China and traveled through South Asia and the Middle East during his return to the U.S.  While in Delhi, this sculpture was one of three objects donated to the museum by Imre Schwaiger, a Hungarian art dealer.

Published References

The Los Angeles County Fair Association, 6000 Years:  Art in Clay, exh.cat. (Pomona, California: B –B Press, Inc., 1952), unpaginated.

Krannert Art Museum, Art of India and Southeast Asia, exh. cat (Champaign: College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois, 1964), 14.

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