Protector Goddess Kong Tsan Demo Dorje

CultureChinese
Titles
  • Protector Goddess Kong Tsan Demo Dorje
Datec. 1661–1722
MediumGilt lacquered wood
DimensionsOverall: 29 3/4 × 22 1/2 × 10 3/4 in. (75.6 × 57.2 × 27.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Anne and Albert Chao; and Nidhika and Pershant Mehta
Object number2019.175
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
109M Jones Galleries
Exposé

Explore Further

Department
Asian Art
Object Type
ProvenancePurportedly, Gumpel Collection, Germany, by 1904; [Hotel Druout, Paris, November 28, 1904, Lot 538]; [Spink and Son, Ltd., London, by 1998]; [Christie's New York, 20 September, 2000, lot 11]; Private Collection, New York; [Walter Arader Himalayan Art, New York]

Exhibition HistorySpink and Son, Ltd., Body, Speech, and Mind, 1998, p. 39, cat. no. 19
Walter Arader Himalayan Art, NY, Fall 2018 exhibition

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
NA
NA

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

If you have questions about this work of art or the MFAH Online Collection please contact us.

Jinbako
early 20th century
Wood, lacquer, gold powder, mother-of-pearl, wool, mica, steel, brass, silver, bone, feather, paper, ink, gilt, silvered and brocaded paper, silk wrapping cloths
2012.416.1-.11
Samurai Horse Mask (Bamen)
17th century
Lacquered papier-mâché
2018.367
Pair of Vases
Jean-Claude Chambellan Duplessis the Elder
c. 1760
Petrified wood and gilt bronze
2021.372.1,.2
Haisen
1850–1860
Roiro (waxen) lacquer with gold on wood
2008.28
Chief's Staff Finial (Palembayan Rajo Tongkat)
Late 19th century
Wood and gold foil
2004.2424
Kris Handle
19th century
Wood, gold, and diamonds
2004.2273
c. 1755
Lacquered wood, gilt bronze and marble
2021.364.A,.B
Untitled
Virginia Dotson
1988
Padauk wood and wenge wood
2008.889
Pierced Geode
Robyn Hutcheson Horn
1990
Box elder wood burl and purpleheart wood
2008.454
Paccha (Ceremonial Pouring Vessel)
1532–1780 AD
Chonta wood, resin paint, and nails
91.1552
Snuff Tablet
1100–1300 AD
Wood and inlaid stones
2002.4358
Figural Spoon with Red Pigment
1000 BC–1600 AD
Wood with traces of paint
2002.4367