ID: 700008465 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008465	Record Type: Movable Work

The Mahasiddha (Great Adept) Naropa (956-1040) (casting (object genre); unknown Tibetan sculptor, 15th-16th century; 15th-16th century; Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, Los Angeles c...; M.2001.45)

Titles:

The Mahasiddha (Great Adept) Naropa (956-1040) (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

casting (object genre) [300014622] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Object Genres (hierarchy name), object genres (object classifications), <object genres by material or technique>)

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: 15th-16th century

Creator Display:

unknown Tibetan sculptor, 15th-16th century [preferred,VP]

sculptor unknown Tibetan (Tibetan cultural designation) [500204388]

Locations:

Creation: Qing Zang Gaoyuan [1110349] Tibet (autonomous region), China (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Current: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500217563] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: M.2001.45

Credit Line: Gift of the 2001 Collectors Committee

Display Materials: Gilt copper alloy with paint and silver

	copper alloy [300010942]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <copper and copper alloy>)

	gilding (material) [300379350]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by form>)

	paint (coating) [300015029]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	silver (metal) [300011029]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <silver| silver compounds| alloys>)

Dimensions: 16 1/2 x 11 5/8 x 8 1/8 in. (41.91 x 29.53 x 20.64

Cultures:

(preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Tibetan (culture or style) [300018849] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Asian, South Asian, Himalayan)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

human figures

Specific Subjects:

	(901001021)

	man (male human) [300025928]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by gender or sex>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures

Sources and Contributors:
The Mahasiddha (Great Adept) Naropa (956-1040)	........ [VP]
	........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Subject: ....... [VP]