Object Title
Preaching Buddha
Measurements
28 x 21 x 9 in. (71.1 x 53.3 x 22.9 cm)
Creation Date
3rd century
Credit Line
Gift of John and Berthe Ford, 2012
Museum Name
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
http://art.thewalters.org/detail/2682
Provenance Information
Walter Shurkin, Albuquerque, after 1966, [mode of acquisition unknown]; John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; given to Walters Art Museum, 2012.
Exhibition Information
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; The Albuquerque Museum of Art & History; Birmingham Museum of Art; Hong Kong Museum of Art, 2001-2004.
Publication Information
Pal, Pratapaditya, ed. American Collectors of Asian Art. Bombay: Marg Publications, 1986.
Pal, Pratapaditya. Desire and Devotion : Art From India, Nepal, and Tibet in the John and Berthe Ford Collection. Baltimore, Md. : Walters Art Museum ; London : Philip Wilson. 2001.
Pal, Pratapaditya. Desire and Devotion : Art From India, Nepal, and Tibet in the John and Berthe Ford Collection. Baltimore, Md. : Walters Art Museum ; London : Philip Wilson. 2001.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
A Memorandum of Understanding between the Walters Art Museum and John and Berthe Ford about this gift was signed September 1997.