Provenance Information

June 13 1979, Christie's, Mason & Woods Ltd. Fine Indian, Himalayan and South-East Asian Sculpture and Works of Art auction, lot 179 (London). March 26 1998, Sotheby's Indian and Southeast Asian Art, lot 58 (New York). 1998-2011, Harry M. Sterling (Denver, CO); 2011, DAM collection (gift of Mr. Harry M. Sterling)

Exhibition Information

On display at DAM 1998-2010; 7/2013-present; Kapoor Galleries, NYC, "A Sterling Collection of Indian and Himalayan Art," 3/19-3/26 2011.

Publication Information

Christie's, Mason & Woods Ltd. Fine Indian, Himalayan and South-East Asian Sculpture and Works of Art auction, London, June 13 1979, lot 179, p. 52.

Sotheby's New York Auction Catalogue, sale 7108, March 26, 1998; lot 58, p. 60-61

A Sterling Collection of Indian and Himalayan Art; Kapoor Galleries, NY. March 2011. image 3.

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

Object was on long-term loan to the Denver Art Museum from 1998 until 2010, and was subsequently gifted to the institution in 2011.