Celestial dancer

Object Details

• Provenance

  Nasli Heeramaneck, New York [1]

  To 1996

  Spink & Son Ltd., London, to 1996

  From 1996

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, purchased from Spink & Son Ltd. in 1996

  Notes:

  [1] According to provenance Remark 1 in the object record.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Sculpture of South Asia and the Himalayas (November 19, 1992 to July 9, 2017)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Nasli M. (1902-1971) and Alice N. Heeramaneck (1910-1993) (1902-1971 and 1910-1993)

  Spink & Son Ltd. (established 1666)

• Origin

  Karnataka state, India

• Credit Line

  Purchase -- funds provided by the Friends of Asian Arts

• Type

  Sculpture

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• Date

  1100s

• Name

  Spink & Son Ltd., Heeramaneck, Nasli M. and Alice N.

• Place

  Karnataka state, India

• Topic

  Hoysala dynasty (1110 - 1327), South Asian and Himalayan Art, Art, Music, Dance, Flowers

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians, Apsarases

• Object Type

  Sculpture