H x W x D: 56 x 38.5 x 65.5 cm (22 1/16 x 15 3/16 x 25 13/16 in)
Type:
Sculpture
Origin:
Tamil Nadu state, India
Date:
12th century
Period:
Chola dynasty
Provenance:
Mrs. Anne Burnett Tandy, Fort Worth, TX [1]
To 1985
Robert Hatfield Ellsworth (born 1929), New York City, acquired from the Estate of Mrs. Anne Burnett Tandy, to 1985 [2]
From 1985
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Robert Hatfield Ellsworth in 1985
Notes:
[1] According to Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, Mrs. Anne Burnett Tandy had owned the object since the late 1930s or early 1940s. In late 1969 or early 1970, Ezra Stoller photographed Mrs. Tandy's house for "House and Garden" magazine.
Among those photographs is one showing the object displayed outside the house, beside the swimming pool. These photographs establish that the object had been out of India before 1969-70 (see Curatorial Note 7 in object record).
[2] According to Curatorial Note 7 in object record.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Body Image (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)
Arts of the Indian Subcontinent and the Himalayas (October 16, 2004 to January 3, 2016)
South and South East Asian Art (May 9, 1993 to February 7, 2000)
The Arts of South Asia (May 13, 1985 to December 2, 1985)