Protector Goddess Kong Tsan Demo Dorje

Protector Goddess Kong Tsan Demo Dorje

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Protector Goddess Kong Tsan Demo Dorje
Image courtesy of Walter Arader, © Noel Allum-Photographer
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
On view

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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
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