Object Title
Shiva Linga with Four Faces
Measurements
31.8 x 24.1 x 24.1 cm
Creation Date
12th-13th 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
Country of Origin
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/7137/shiva-linga-with-four-faces?ctx=cbeab7b715b1edc227d8f4eb5a9aa7eecd2c4d45&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
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 31.
Exhibition Information
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - April 4, 2021;
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, August 28, 2021 - Present
Publication Information
Sotheby's New York, Indian and Southeast Asian Art (March 23, 2000), lot 31.
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
Acquired by museum in 2001.