Bhringi

anonymous, c. 1700 - c. 1800

De wijsgeer (rishi) Bhringi met drie benen; het derde is verwijderd.

  • Artwork typefigure, sculpture
  • Object numberAK-MAK-305
  • Dimensionsheight 93.3 cm x width 35.5 cm x depth 36 cm x weight 8.8 kg

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Bhringi

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-305

  • Description

    De wijsgeer (rishi) Bhringi met drie benen; het derde is verwijderd.

Creation

  • Creation

    anonymous, India

  • Dating

    c. 1700 - c. 1800

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    height 93.3 cm x width 35.5 cm x depth 36 cm x weight 8.8 kg

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (gift of M.C. Odinot-Dagevos, 1959)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; donated by Mrs M.C. Odinot-Dagevos, Landsmeer, to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1959;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

Documentation

    • 'A representattion of Bhringi in bronze', Arts Asiatiques, 1959, tome VI, fasc. I, p. 13-16.
    • Anna A. Slaczka, 'The sage Bhringin wih three legs: a unique wooden sculpture at the Rijksmuseum', Aziatische Kunst 50/3 (2020), pp. 18-34.

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