Object Title
Hindu God Vishnu as Vaikuntha-Kamalaja
Measurements
8 7/8 × 5 1/2 × 3 1/4 in. (22.5 × 14 × 8.3 cm)
Creation Date
16th century
Credit Line
Gift of the Rubin-Ladd Foundation under the bequest of Ester R. Portnow
Museum Contact
artgalleryinfo@yale.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/217967
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
n/a
Provenance Information
Purportedly Thomas Clarke Estate, New York, 1970s. Purportedly Henry Sterling, possibly 1980s. Purportedly with Kapoor Galleries, Inc., New York, by 2001; sold to the Rubin-Ladd Foundation, Georgetown, Conn., and New York, 2001; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2016 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Information provided by the donor at the time of acquisition indicates that “Hindu God Vishnu as Vaikuntha-Kamalaja” was formerly with the Thomas Clarke Estate, New York, 1970s; the Henry Sterling Collection, formed in the 1980s; on loan to the Denver Museum of Art between 1992 and 2010; sold at Sotheby’s, New York, December 14, 1992; and acquired from the Kapoor Galleries, Inc., New York, 2001. Research conducted by the Gallery in 2022 has shown the object was never on loan at DAM, nor sold at Sotheby’s. Provenance research is ongoing to verify the sculpture’s origins.
Exhibition Information
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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
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Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
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