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Dancing Ganesha (Hindu Elephant-God)
Dancing Ganesha (Hindu Elephant-God)

Dancing Ganesha (Hindu Elephant-God)

Date15th century
Maker Nepalese
Object number52.52
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Discovering Buddhist Art - Seeking the Sublime", July 9, 2003 - June 3, 2005
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions6 3/4 x 6 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (17.15 x 16.51 x 6.35 cm) Overall h.: 9 1/4 in.
MediumBronze set with turquoise
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15th-16th century
Object number: 78.3
Image Not Available for Not Wanting to Say Anything About Marcel Plexigram I-VIII
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Object number: 2015.22.1
Circular box
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ca. 1801-1900
Object number: 65.100
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late 19th to early 20th century
Object number: 33.704
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
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15th - 16th century
Object number: 76.286
Photo: Benjamin Benschneider
Wake
Richard Serra
2002-03
Object number: 2004.94
Image Not Available for Pallas series
Pallas series
1993
Object number: 2005.238
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
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Indian
ca. 1700-1900
Object number: 65.142
Image Not Available for Friends of Children (Unai no tomo)
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Japanese
1911-1913
Object number: 2001.2
Image Not Available for Belt hook
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Chinese
4th–3rd century BCE
Object number: 49.99
Photo: Paul Macapia
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Image Not Available for Belt hook
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Chinese
4th–3rd century BCE
Object number: 49.101