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Ascetic Master
(India, Nepal, and Tibet)
Dancing and playing the drum, this extraordinarily animated figure may be one of the mahasiddhas or a Tibetan master belonging to a branch of Buddhist teaching known as Dogchen.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Pan Asian Sale, Christie's, New York, December 1 1982, lot 89, no. 5234; purchased by John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, 1982; Walters Art Museum, 2021, by gift.
Exhibitions
| 2003-2004 | Himalayas: An Aesthetic Adventure. The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago; Freer Gallery of Art, Washington. |
| 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: 4 1/8 x W: 3 3/4 x D: 2 1/4 in. (10.5 x 9.5 x 5.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of John and Berthe Ford, 2021
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.
54.3128