A Panel with Figures

Description Within an encircling vine, a teacher appears at the top, and, below him, four bodhisattvas. The uppermost one, holding a lotus, is probably Avalokiteshvara. This panel may be the right side of a larger composition consisting of a central image of the Buddha flanked by a set of eight bodhisattvas, four on each side.

Exhibitions

• Desire and Devotion: Art from India, Nepal, and Tibet in the John and Berthe Ford Collection. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara; Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque. 2001-2003.

Provenance Arnold Lieberman, New York, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John Eskanazi, London, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, October 3, 1997, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2010, by gift.

Credit Gift of John and Berthe Ford, 2010