1961.35: Celestial Female (Apsara or Surasundarí)
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1961.35
- Title
- Celestial Female (Apsara or Surasundarí)
- Other Titles
- Alternate Title: Apsara, Surasundarí?
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- figurine, sculpture
- Date
- circa 11th century
- Places
- Creation Place: South Asia, India, Bundelkhand
- Culture
- Indian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/202897
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Red sandstone
- Dimensions
- sculpture only: H. 67 x W. 21.5 cm (26 3/8 x 8 7/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Dr. Arnold Knapp Bequest Fund, by exchange
- Accession Year
- 1961
- Object Number
- 1961.35
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Publication History
- Max Loehr, "Aesthetic Delight: An Anthology of Far Eastern Art", Apollo (New Series), Apollo Publications Inc. (London, England, May 1978), vol. CVII, no. 195, pp. 414-421, p. 421, fig. 8
Verification Level
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