Crowned Buddha on a Multi-Headed Serpent (<em>Naga</em>)

Provenance

Probably with Vidhya Dardarananda, Bangkok, by 1977 [this and the following according to invoice, January 10, 1977; copy in curatorial object file]. Probably with James W. Alsdorf (1913–1990) and Marilynn B. Alsdorf (1925–2019), Winnetka, IL, by 1990; by descent to Marilynn B. Alsdorf, Chicago, IL, 1990 [publicly promised as a gift to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1997; signed a promised gift agreement for the work, Mar. 11, 2002 and April 23, 2008]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, Nov. 15, 2016.

Crowned Buddha on a Multi-Headed Serpent (<em>Naga</em>)

Khmer

Angkor period, 12th–13th century or later

Accession Number

144920

Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

22.9 × 10.5 × 7.7 cm (9 × 4 1/8 × 3 in.)

Classification

bronze

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Marilynn B. Alsdorf