Unknown Chinese
Protector Goddess Kong Tsan Demo Dorje

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Artist Unknown Chinese

CultureChinese

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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

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Department

Asian Art

Object Type

WOOD OBJECTS

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

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