Year of Object(s) Creation: 900 A.D. (approximate)
Estimated Value ($USD):
Object Type(s): Carving, Sculpture, Stele
Object Material(s): stone
Provenience Nation: Nepal
Provenience Location: Patan, Nepal
Year Removed from Findspot: 1984

Provenance
Start Year: 1984
End Year: 1990
Circumstance of Acquisition: Sold at auction by Sotheby's (New York) most likely to David T. Owsley
Nation: United States
Location:
Start Year: 1990
End Year: 2021
Circumstance of Acquisition: Purchase, most likely by David T. Owsley, and lent to Dallas Museum of Art
Nation: United States
Location: Dallas
Start Year: 2021
End Year:
Circumstance of Acquisition: U.S. law enforcement involved in negotiations between Nepal government and U.S. owner
Nation: Nepal
Location: Kathmandu Valley

Nepalese Eight-Armed Stele Of Lakshmi-Narayana


Description:
Eight-armed Stele of Lakshmi-Narayana, depicting Vishnu and Lakshmi

Case Status: Object(s) relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 1984
Year Claim Resolved: 2021
Means of Resolution: Action by Respondent's Govt.

Complainant Name: Government of Nepal
Complainant Nation: Nepal
Complainant Nation Economy: Developing
Complainant Type: Public: Government

Respondent Name: Private collector, likely David T. Owsley
Respondent Nation: United States
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Private: Individual

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Editor's Notes:
Zachary Small, Dallas Museum of Art to Return Sacred Statue to Nepal, New York Times, March 4, 2021.