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.

2009.14

Object Title
Humped bull (zebu, or Bos Indicus)
Measurements
5 1/8 x 3 5/8 x 7 3/4 in. (13.018 x 9.208 x 19.685 cm.)
Creation Date
3rd millennium B.C.
Credit Line
Gift of David T. Owsley via the Alvin and Lucy Owsley Foundation
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
http://www.dm-art.org/
Provenance Information
Formerly in the collection of Stefaan Grusenmeyer, Bangkok, Thailand; thence in January 2009 to Douglas Dawson Gallery, Chicago, IL; thence to Dallas Museum of Art (accession date: April 30, 2009).
Exhibition Information
DMA, February 2011 through the present.
Publication Information
Bromberg, Anne R. The Arts of India, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas at the Dallas Museum of Art. Dallas Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2013.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Cumulative facts and circumstances
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
Provenance for this work is established to January 2009. It has been exhibited at the DMA since February 2011. This sculpture complements later works on display that were produced on the Indian subcontinent. It is the only Indus Valley piece in the DMA's collection.
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