Object Title
Chakrasamvara Embracing Vajravarahi
Measurements
H: 29 3/8 x W: 11 1/4 in. (74.6 x 28.6 cm); Framed H: 41 1/2 × W: 22 13/16 × D: 1 3/4 in. (105.41 × 57.94 × 4.45 cm)
Creation Date
15th century
Credit Line
Gift of John and Berthe Ford, 2022
Museum Name
Museum Contact
provenance@thewalters.org
Object URL
https://art.thewalters.org/detail/3769/chakrasamvara-embracing-vajravarahi/
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
The Walters Art Museum is in the process of determining definitions of antiquity
Provenance Information
Stuart Perrin, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, 1984, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2022, by gift.
Exhibition Information
Desire and Devotion: Art from India, Nepal, and Tibet in the John and Berthe Ford Collection (October 20, 2001-November 2, 2003) at the following venues: Walters Art Museum, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, The Albuquerque Museum, Birmingham Museum of Art, and
Hong Kong Museum of Art.
Hong Kong Museum of Art.
Publication Information
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 promised gift was signed September 1997. It was brought onsite to the Walters as a long-term loan in 2001.