Year of Object(s) Creation: 1150 C.E. (approximate)
Estimated Value ($USD): 60,000
Object Type(s): Carving, Statue, Stele
Object Material(s): stone
Provenience Nation: Nepal
Provenience Location: Narayan Temple of Patan (Kathmandu Valley)
Year Removed from Findspot: 1984

Provenance
Start Year: 2021
End Year:
Circumstance of Acquisition: Obtained from Dallas Museum of Art by FBI and turned over by U.S. Government to Government of Nepal
Nation: Nepal
Location: Narayan Temple, Patan, Nepal
Start Year: 1990
End Year: 2019
Circumstance of Acquisition: bought by private collector and lent to museum
Nation: United States
Location: Dallas Museum of Art
Start Year:
End Year: 1990
Circumstance of Acquisition: unknown
Nation: United States
Location: Sotheby's international auction house
Start Year:
End Year: 1984
Circumstance of Acquisition:
Nation: Nepal
Location: Narayan Temple

Nepalese Statue Of Laxmi-Narayan


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Case Status: Object(s) relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 2020
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: Dallas Museum of Art
Respondent Nation: United States
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Private: Institution

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Editor's Notes:
Composites the androgynous form of the Hindu god Vishnu and his consort Laxmi. Editor: Eliza Rodi.