Guardian naga (semidivine serpent)
Datemid-15th to mid-16th century
Maker
Nepalese
Label Text
Object number50.185.2
Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann
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, Amsterdam and Chicago," Artibus Asiae, Vol 19 No. 3/4 (1956), p. 374-375+377.Credit LineThomas D. Stimson Memorial Collection
Dimensions2 3/16 x 1 5/16 x 1 5/16 in. (5.56 x 3.37 x 3.37 cm)
Overall h.: 3 3/16 in.
MediumGilded copper alloy
Tibetan
late 14th to early 15th century
Object number: 70.2
Nepalese
late 19th to early 20th century
Object number: 33.704
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