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

Provenance

With Spink & Son, London, by 1984; sold to James W. Alsdorf (1913–1990) and Marilynn B. Alsdorf (1925–2019), Winnetka, IL, 1984; 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

Accession Number

151088

Medium

Sandstone

Dimensions

84.5 × 42 × 26.7 cm (33 1/4 × 16 1/2 × 10 1/2 in.)

Classification

sandstone

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Marilynn B. Alsdorf