Set of Three Shrine Ornaments with Two Crocodiles (Makara) and a Serpent King (Nagaraja)

Provenance

Robert Stolper, London; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, Oct. 3, 1980.

Set of Three Shrine Ornaments with Two Crocodiles (Makara) and a Serpent King (Nagaraja)

16th/17th century

Accession Number

60209

Medium

Gilt copper worked in repoussé, with traces of red pigment

Dimensions

A: 33.4 × 41.7 × 11.9 cm (13 3/16 × 16 3/8 × 4 11/16 in.); B: 48.2 × 33.3 × 9.6 cm (18 15/16 × 13 1/8 × 3 13/16 in.); 33.3 × 39 × 10.4 cm (13 1/8 × 15 3/8 × 4 1/8 in.)

Classification

metalwork

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Russell Tyson Fund