Smithsonian Collections
Shiva Vinadhara (Holder of the Lute)
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Former owner
- Dr. Samuel Eilenberg
- Peter Marks Works of Art (United States, active 1960 - 2002)
- Provenance
- From at least 1960
- Dr. Samuel Eilenberg, London [1]
- To 1997
- Peter Marks Gallery, New York City, to 1997
- From 1997
- Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Peter Marks Gallery in 1997
- Notes:
- [1] The object has been in the United States from at least 1960, when it was exhibited in a show titled "Masterpieces of Asian Art from American Collections" at the Asia House galleries (according to Curatorial Note 4, Vidya Dehejia, July 15, 1997, in the object record). It was published in the accompanying catalog (see photocopies in the object file).
- Date
- ca. 950
- Period
- Chola dynasty
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 73.6 x 35.8 x 24.9 cm (29 x 14 1/8 x 9 13/16 in)
- Type
- Sculpture
- Metalwork
- Topic
- Shiva
- casting
- lotus
- Chola dynasty (850 - 1280)
- India
- South Asian and Himalayan Art
- WWII-era provenance
- Restrictions & Rights
- Copyright with museum
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- On View
- Freer Gallery 01: Body Image: Arts of the Indian Subcontinent
- Origin
- Tamil Nadu, India
- Accession Number
- F1997.28
