Object Title
Figure of Maitreya
Measurements
24.1 x 20.3 x 12.7 cm
Creation Date
15th 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/7125/figure-of-maitreya?ctx=c35eea1813f2ea92da0d90348e03d934548ffd03&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Ex coll., Europe, until March 22, 2000. Purchased for MCCM by Robert Walzer [Nathan Rubin - Ida Ladd Family Foundation], Georgetown, Connecticut, from Christie's New York, Sale 9390, March 22, 2000, lot 93.
Exhibition Information
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - August 29, 2018;
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, August 28, 2021 - Present
Publication Information
Christie's New York, Indian and Southeast Asian Art (March 22, 2000), 92-93, lot 93.
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.