21.74

Object Title
Fragment of a Pediment with a Goddess
Measurements
H: 20 1/2 x W: 21 1/4 x D: 5 1/8 in. (52 x 54 x 13 cm)
Creation Date
2nd century CE
Credit Line
Gift of Giraud and Carolyn Foster, 2014
Museum Contact
provenance@thewalters.org
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://art.thewalters.org/detail/76514/fragment-of-a-pediment-with-a-goddess/
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
The Walters Art Museum is in the process of determining definitions of antiquity
Provenance Information
James Nash, London, 1963, by purchase; Giraud and Carolyn Foster, Baltimore, 1965, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2014, by gift
Exhibition Information
Faces of Ancient Arabia: The Giraud and Carolyn Foster Collection of South Arabian Art, The Walters Art Museum, 20 July-7 September 2008
Publication Information
J. Pirenne, “Le rinceau dans l'evolution de l'art sud-arabe,” Syria 34 (1957): 99-127, at 103-108, pl. 7a; D. B. Doe, Southern Arabia (1971), fig. 9; G. Mandel, Il regno di Saba: Ultimo paradiso archeologico (1976), 113 (illust.); R. Schulz, ed., Faces of Ancient Arabia: The Giraud and Carolyn Foster Collection of South Arabian Art, exh. cat. (2008) 114, no. 30 (illust.).
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
This object was brought onsite to the Walters as part of a long-term loan in 2007

21.73

Object Title
Stele with a Female Bust
Measurements
H: 12 5/8 x W: 9 3/16 x D: 1 3/8 in. (32.1 x 23.3 x 3.5 cm)
Creation Date
1st century BCE-1st century CE
Credit Line
Gift of Giraud and Carolyn Foster, 2008
Museum Contact
provenance@thewalters.org
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://art.thewalters.org/detail/76512
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
The Walters Art Museum is in the process of determining definitions of antiquity
Provenance Information
Giraud and Carolyn Foster, Baltimore, by 1971, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2008, by gift.
Exhibition Information
Faces of Ancient Arabia: The Giraud and Carolyn Foster Collection of South Arabian Art, The Walters Art Museum, 20 July-7 September 2008; Diadem and Dagger: Jewish Artisans of Yemen, The Walters Art Museum, 27 October 2012-21 January 2013
Publication Information
Beeston, AFL and J Pirenne. "Corpus des Inscriptions et Antiquites Sud-Arabes". Leuven: Edition Peeter (1977): Vol. 1.2, no. P45 / s 4, I.429-31; Faces of Ancient Arabia: The Giraud and Carolyn Foster Collection of South Arabian Art, exh. cat. (2008) 113, no. 29 (illust.).
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
This object was brought onsite to the Walters as part of a long-term loan in 2007

48.2865

Object Title
Fisherman Vessel
Measurements
H: 7 1/16 x W: 5 15/16 x D: 7 1/2 in. (18 x 15.1 x 19.1 cm)
Creation Date
200BC-AD600
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Ernst Niedermeyer, 2009
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
http://art.thewalters.org/detail/33518/happy-fisherman-vessel/
Provenance Information
Dr. Uldarico Rocca, Lima, Peru [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Dr. Ernst Niedermeyer, Baltimore, July 1978, by gift; Walters Art Museum, 2009, by gift.
Exhibition Information
Crowning Glory: Art of the Americas. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2018.
Publication Information
N/A
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
Correspondence from the donor in 1999 indicating that this would be given to the Walters Art Museum.

25.272

Object Title
Lakshmi
Measurements
16 x 8 x 5 in. (40.6 x 20.3 x 12.7 cm)
Creation Date
13th century
Credit Line
Gift of John and Berthe Ford, 2021
Museum Contact
provenance@thewalters.org
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
http://art.thewalters.org/detail/36054
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
The Walters Art Museum is in the process of determining definitions of antiquity
Provenance Information
Sonam Tashi, Kathmandu, Nepal [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, 1984, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2021, by gift.
Exhibition Information
"2023 Jphn & Berthe Ford Gallery, The Walters Art Museum
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."
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, Cat. 114.
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.

25.270

Object Title
Vajravarahi
Measurements
H: 40 1/4 × W: 21 1/2 × D with mount: 22 in. (102.24 × 54.61 × 55.88 cm)
Creation Date
15th century
Credit Line
Gift of John and Berthe Ford, 2017
Museum Contact
provenance@thewalters.org
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://art.thewalters.org/detail/14309/vajravarahi/
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
The Walters Art Museum is in the process of determining definitions of antiquity
Provenance Information
Peter Burleigh [diplomat in Nepal], Washington, D.C.; purchased by John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, November 1985; given to Walters Art Museum, 2017.
Exhibition Information
"2017-2023 The John & Berthe Ford Gallery, The Waters Art Museum,
2016-2017 Ferocious Beauty: Wrathful Deities from Tibet and Nepal.
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."
Publication Information
"Pal, Prapaditya, Desire and Devotion: Art from India, Nepal, and Tibet in the John and Berthe Ford Collection, London: The Walters Art Museum & Philip Wilson Publishers, 2001. cat. 116.
Desire and Devotion
Artistic Production, Religious Practice: Material and Ideological Constraints
Publisher: Bulletin of the Walters Art Gallery
Author: Dr. Hiram W. Woodward, Jr.
2001
Woodward, Jr., Hiram W. Desire and Devotion. The Walters Magazine. 2001:cover, 2-5."
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.

F.96

Object Title
Buddha Vajrasattva
Measurements
15 1/4 x 11 1/2 x 7 in. (38.7 x 29.2 x 17.8 cm); base: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
Creation Date
13th century
Credit Line
Gift of John and Berthe Ford, 2014
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
http://art.thewalters.org/detail/18737
Provenance Information
Sonam Tashi, Hong Kong [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, 1996, by purchase; given to Walters Art Museum, 2014.
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, Santa Barbara; Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham. 2001-2003.
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.

25.269

Object Title
Chakrasamvara Embracing Vajravarahi
Measurements
7 x 5 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. (17.8 x 14 x 5.7 cm)
Creation Date
11th century
Credit Line
Gift of John and Berthe Ford, 2015
Museum Contact
provenance@thewalters.org
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Object URL
http://art.thewalters.org/detail/30490
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
The Walters Art Museum is in the process of determining the definition of antiquity..
Provenance Information
Sonam Tashi, Kathmandu, Nepal [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, July 1984, by purchase; given to Walters Art Museum, 2015.
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, Santa Barbara; Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque; Birmingham Museum of Art,
Publication Information
Pal, Pratapaditya, et. al. Tibet: Tradition and Change. Albuquerque: The Albuquerque Museum, 1997.; 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.

25.267

Object Title
A Meditating Bodhisattva
Measurements
21 1/2 x 14 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. (54.6 x 36.2 x 14 cm)
Creation Date
2nd-3rd century
Credit Line
Gift of John and Berthe Ford, 2012
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
http://art.thewalters.org/detail/9687
Provenance Information
Walter Shurkin, Albuquerque, after 1966 [mode of acquisition unknown]; John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2012, by gift.
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, Santa Barbara; Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham. 2001-2003.
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 gift was signed September 1997.

25.266

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
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.
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.

TL.2009.20.301

Object Title
Pectoral
Measurements
H: 3 13/16 x W: 2 1/2 x D: 11/16 in. (9.7 x 6.3 x 1.7 cm)
Creation Date
n.d.
Credit Line
Gift of John G. Bourne Foundation, 2013
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
http://art.thewalters.org/detail/82864
Provenance Information
John G. Bourne [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; given to John G. Bourne Foundation, 2000 [1]; given to Walters Art Museum, 2013.
Exhibition Information
Exploring Art of the Ancient Americas: The John Bourne Collection Gift. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 2012.
Publication Information
Reents-Budet, Dorie. Exploring art of the ancient Americas: The John Bourne Collection. Baltimore: Walters Art Museum, 2012.
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
Communications between the Walters Art Museum and the donor of this promised gift began in April 2005.
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