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Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Portrait of an Enlightened Teacher
(India, Nepal, and Tibet)
This engaging portrait suggests that a sculptor sometimes relied on his own creativity rather than on the rules and schemes that governed the production of images of the gods. The unidentified teacher was clearly thought to have reached an enlightened condition, because the position of his right hand evokes images of Shakyamuni on the night of his enlightenment.
Provenance
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Claude de Marteau, Brussels, Belgium [date and mode of acquisition unknown] John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, August 1973, by purchase.
Exhibitions
| 2001-2003 | Desire and Devotion: Art from India, Nepal, and Tibet in the John and Berthe Ford Collection. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara; Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham; Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong. |
Geographies
Tibet (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 8 1/16 × W: 6 15/16 × D: 6 in. (20.5 × 17.6 × 15.2 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of John and Berthe Ford, 2013
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
54.3088