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Seated Nagaraja
Seated Nagaraja

Seated Nagaraja

Date10th century
Object number49.93
Exhibition HistoryLos Angeles, California, Los Angeles County Museum, "Art Of Greater India" (1950) Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, "The Peaceful Liberators: Jain Art From India", October 30, 1994 - January 15, 1995, 10/30/94-1/15/95; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX, 2/23-5/14/95; New Orleans Museum of Art, 6/29-9/17/95; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 11/22/95-2/18/96; (10/12/1994 - 2/1996)Published References"Handbook, Seattle Art Museum: Selected Works from the Permanent Collections." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1951, p. 28 (b&w)
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions7 3/4 x 3 7/8 x 3 3/8 in. (19.69 x 9.84 x 8.57 cm)
MediumCopper
Arching surround
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ca. 14th century
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5th-6th century
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Buddha, seated
Indian
5th-6th century
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Ankush (elephant goad)
Indian
ca. 1600 -1700
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19th century
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Photo: Elizabeth Mann
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early 19th century
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Photo: Susan A. Cole
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late 8th to early 9th century
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Vishnavaite deity with open-work mandorla
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16th-17th Century
Object number: 69.1