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. Reinstalled and reconsecrated at its original shrine in Patan Durbar Square, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal