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San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Rubin-Ladd Foundation in honor of Martha Blackwelder, Curator of Asian Art.

Vishnu Stele

San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Rubin-Ladd Foundation in honor of Martha Blackwelder, Curator of Asian Art.
San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Rubin-Ladd Foundation in honor of Martha Blackwelder, Curator of Asian Art.
Contact San Antonio Museum of Art, Registrar Department for rights and reproduction of this image. Photography by Peggy Tenison.

Vishnu Stele

Artist:
Place made:Bengal or Bihar, India
General region:Asia
Dynasty: Pala
Date: 11th-12th century
Medium: Chlorite
Dimensions:
height: 40 in. (101.6 cm)
width: 21 in. (53.3 cm)
depth: 8 in. (20.3 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Rubin-Ladd Foundation in honor of Martha Blackwelder, Curator of Asian Art.
Object number: 2002.12
Provenance: Private collection, New England [note 1]. Sold by Kapoor Galleries, New York, to The Rubin-Ladd Foundation, New York, 2002; The Rubin-Ladd Foundation, by gift to San Antonio Museum of Art, 2002. Note 1: according to a 2002 email from Suneet Kapoor to Martha Blackwelder.
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