Object Title
Gajalakshmi
Measurements
16 x 14 1/2 x 11 in. (40.6 x 36.8 x 27.9 cm) base+object: 14 1/2 x 14 x 6 3/4 in. (36.8 x 35.6 x 17.2 cm)
Creation Date
12th–13th century
Credit Line
Gift of the Rubin-Ladd Foundation under the bequest of Ester R. Portnow
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/217937
Provenance Information
Sotheby's, lot 301, December 15, 1992; Ex-French-American collection, 1992; Kapoor Galleries, New York, February 2011; Rubin-Ladd Foundation, Georgetown, Conn., to 2017; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Exhibition Information
N/A
Publication Information
"Acquisitions July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017," https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/bulletin/Pub-Bull-acquisitions-2017.pdf (accessed December 1, 2017).
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
N/D
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
Research into ownership by prior donors, dealers and collectors still ongoing. YUAG accepted this gift in order to bring the object into a free, publicly accessible, educational institution, where it could be studied, displayed, and publicized.