Guardian naga (semidivine serpent)

mid-15th to mid 16th century

Nepalese

Gilded copper alloy

2 1/4 x 1 1/8 x 1 1/2 in. (5.72 x 2.86 x 3.81 cm)

Overall h.: 3 1/4 in.

Thomas D. Stimson Memorial Collection

50.185.1

Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Now on view at the Asian Art Museum

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Boundless: Stories of Asian Art, Feb. 8, 2020 - ongoing.

Published References"Handbook, Seattle Art Museum: Selected Works from the Permanent Collections." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1951, p. 39 (b&w)

Visser, H. F. E. "Naga Figures at Rotterdam, Amersterdam and Chicago," in Artibus Asiae, Vol. 19 No. 3/4 (1956), p. 374-375+377.

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Guardian naga (semidivine serpent)

Guardian naga (semidivine serpent)

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