Year of Object(s) Creation: Between 1350 C.E. & 1650 C.E. (approximate)
Estimated Value ($USD):
Object Type(s): Carving, Religious artifact
Object Material(s): wood
Provenience Nation: Nepal
Provenience Location: Nepal
Year Removed from Findspot: 1999 (approximate)

Provenance
Start Year: 2022
End Year:
Circumstance of Acquisition: Investigated and returned by the New York cultural institution and the Rubin Museum of Art
Nation: Nepal
Location: Nepal
Start Year: 2003 and 2010
End Year: 2022
Circumstance of Acquisition: Private sale
Nation: United States
Location: Rubin Museum of Art
Start Year:
End Year: 1999 (approximate)
Circumstance of Acquisition: Origin
Nation: Nepal
Location: Yampi Mahavihara temple complex in Lalitpur, Nepal and Itum Bahal monastery in Kathmandu

Nepalese Apsara And Torana Wood Sculptures


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Case Status: Object(s) relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 2021 (approximate)
Year Claim Resolved: 2022
Means of Resolution: Coordinated action by Complainant & Respondent Governments

Complainant Name: Nepal Heritage Recovery Campaign (NHRC)
Complainant Nation: Nepal
Complainant Nation Economy: Developing
Complainant Type: Public: Institution

Respondent Name: Rubin Museum of Art in New York
Respondent Nation: United States
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Private: Institution

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Editor's Notes:
Wood torana from the 17th-century was part of an arched gateway at the Yampi Mahavihara temple complex in Lalitpur, Nepal. The Rubin Museum acquired it in 2010 through a private sale. The apsara carving was used as a window decoration at the Itum Bahal monastery in Kathmandu until its theft in 1999. Like the torana fragment, it was purchased in a private sale in 2003. Edited by Arianne Ohara