Celestial Beauty (<em>Apsara</em>) in Adoration
Cham · Champa period, 11th–12th century
Provenance
Ownership history
- Probably with Spink & Son, by July 21, 1980; with James W. Alsdorf (1913–1990) and Marilynn B. Alsdorf (1925–2019), Winnetka, IL, by 1990; by descent to Marilynn B. Alsdorf, Chicago, IL, 1990; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, December 30, 1998.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Art Institute of Chicago, <em>A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection</em>, Aug. 2–Oct. 26, 1997, cat. 277.
Literature
Published references
- Pratapaditya Pal with contributions by Stephen Little, <em>A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection</em> (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago in association with Thames and Hudson, 1997), 209 (plate), 335, cat. 277.
- Stephen Little, “Southeast Asian Sculptures from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection”, <em>Orientations</em>, vol. 28, no. 7 (July/Aug. 1997), 62, fig. 12.
- Pratapaditya Pal, “A Collecting Odyssey: Reflections on the Alsdorf Collection”, <em>Arts of Asia</em>, vol. 27 (Sept.–Oct. 1997), 103, 105, fig. 10.
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