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Garuda finial
Garuda finial

Garuda finial

Datelate 12th century - early 13th century
Object number64.98
Provenance[J.J. Klejman]; purchased from gallery by Seattle Art Museum (Margaret E. Fuller Purchase Fund), May 1964
Published ReferencesRogers, Millard B. "Recent Acquisitions of SAM," in Archaeology, XVII, no. 4, Winter 1964, p. 266
Credit LineMargaret E. Fuller Purchase Fund
Dimensions9 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 6 5/8 in. (23.5 x 11.43 x 16.83 cm) .4 oz (.01 kg)
MediumBronze
Waterdropper with lid modelled as a finial
Japanese
19th century
Object number: 92.47.157
Bronze finial; relief bird design
Chinese
early 8th-mid 3rd century B.C.
Object number: 48.80
Chinese
2nd millennium B.C.
Object number: 79.103
Chinese
5th-4th century B.C.
Object number: 50.114
Naga head finial
first half of 12th Century
Object number: 51.120
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Benin Kingdom
16th century or earlier
Object number: 68.49
Finial
Egyptian
Object number: 46.33
Finial, Eagle
4th-5th century
Object number: 69.72
Finial
Object number: 49.116
Finial
Object number: 52.135
Finial; ibex head
6th century B.C.
Object number: 67.99