Celestial Woman in a Niche

Unidentified maker, Madhya Pradesh, India

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8th century

Sandstone

Overall: 21 1/8 × 7 1/8 in. (53.7 × 18.1 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Evelyn A. and William B. Jaffe Fund

S.965.56.2

Geography

Place Made: India, South Asia, Asia

Period

500-1000

Object Name

Ceremonial Artifact

Research Area

Asia

On view

Inscriptions

Not signed.

Course History

ANTH 57, Origins of Inequality, Alan Covey, Winter 2013

SART 17.08, Digital Drawing, Karol Kawiaka, Fall 2020

COCO 26.01, What's in Your Toolbox?, Heidi Denzel and Mokhtar Bouba, Fall 2022

COCO 26.01, What's in Your Toolbox?, Heidi Denzel and Mokhtar Bouba, Fall 2022

Anthropology 3.01, Introduction to Anthropology, Charis Ford Morrison Boke, Summer 2023

Exhibition History

A Collector's Choice, William B. Jaffe Memorial Exhibition, Hopkins Center Art Galleriees, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, December 8, 1972-January 7, 1973.

Ancient and Premodern Global Cultures, Gene Y. Kim Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26, 2019.

Global Cultures at the Hood: Ancient to Premodern, Gene Y. Kim Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26. 2019.

Provenance

Acquired by Frank Caro (1904-1980) Chinese Art, New York, New York, date unknown; sold to present collection, 1965.

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