Object Title
Eighteen-Armed Vishnu
Measurements
37 1/2 x 24 x 10 1/2 in (95.3 x 61 x 26.7 cm)
Creation Date
11th Century
Credit Line
The Ester R. Portnow Collection of Asian Art, a gift of the Nathan Rubin-Ida Ladd Family Foundation
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/7164/eighteenarmed-vishnu?ctx=94ce63d282779612b004d80edd0f108ae42a25ad&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
More than 75 years for Indian art.
Provenance Information
With North American dealer, until March 23, 2000. Purchased for MCCM by Robert Walzer [Nathan Rubin - Ida Ladd Family Foundation], Georgetown, Connecticut, from Sotheby's New York, sale 7447, March 23, 2000, lot 128.
Exhibition Information
Sotheby's New York, Indian and Southeast Asian Art (March 23, 2000), lot 128.
MCCM Newsletter, December 2000 - February 2001.
MCCM Newsletter, December 2004 - February 2005.
Michael C. Carlos Museum: Highlights of the Collections (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2011), 125.
Publication Information
Sotheby's New York, Indian and Southeast Asian Art (March 23, 2000), lot 128.
MCCM Newsletter, December 2000 - February 2001.
MCCM Newsletter, December 2004 - February 2005.
Michael C. Carlos Museum: Highlights of the Collections (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2011), 125.
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
Was purchased a gift for the museum before 2008.