Provenance Information

Purchased by Mr. James W. Alsdorf, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., from Harry Shupak, Honolulu, Hawaii in 1971. Attempts to determine when and from whom Mr. Shupak acquired the object were unsuccessful. Mrs. Marilynn Alsdorf publicly promised the object to the Art Institute of Chicago in 1997, signed a promised gift agreement for the object in 2002, and gave the object to the Art Institute in 2016.

Exhibition Information

A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (August 2 – October 26, 1997).

The object has been displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, in the Alsdorf Galleries of Indian, Southeast Asian, Himalayan and Islamic Art, from December 2008 to the present.

Publication Information

Little, Stephen, "Southeast Asian Sculptures from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection." Orientations 28, No. 7 (July – August 1997), p. 61: fig. 10.
Pal, Pratapaditya with contributions by Stephen Little, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago in association with Thames and Hudson, New York, (1997), p. 299: cat. 122 and plate p. 101.

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

Cumulative facts and circumstances.
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008.
This acquisition falls within two exceptions. First, the cumulative facts and circumstances known to the Art Institute of Chicago at the time of the acquisition allowed it to make an informed judgement to acquire the object. This object was acquired by Mr. Alsdorf in 1971 from Harry Shupak, Hawaii. Attempts to determine when and from whom Mr. Shupak acquired the object were unsuccessful. It has been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1997 and since December 2008. The object has been published twice, including in a major catalogue of South Asian art, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection (1997). In addition, the acquisition furthers the representation of the artistic achievements of all civilizations in art museums because it is an important standing Buddha image from the Mon-Dvaravati culture that demonstrates the cultural connections between India and Thailand in ancient times.
Second, the acquisition of the object was by gift and the object was promised to the Art Insittute prior to 2008. Mrs Alsdorf publicly promised the object to the Art Institute of Chicago in 1997 and thereafter signed a promised gift agreement for the object in 2002.

Provenance Information

Purchased by Mr. James W. Alsdorf, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. The exact date that Mr. Alsdorf purchased this object is unknown; however, Mr. Alsdorf acquired the object before his death in 1990. Attempts to determine from whom Mr. Alsdorf acquired the object were unsuccessful. Mrs. Marilynn Alsdorf publicly promised the object to the Art Institute of Chicago in 1997, signed a promised gift agreement for the object in 2002, and gave the object to the Art Institute of Chicago in 2016.

Exhibition Information

A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (August 2 – October 26, 1997).

The object has been displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, in the Alsdorf Galleries of Indian, Southeast Asian, Himalayan and Islamic Art, from December 2008 to the present.

Publication Information

Pal, Pratapaditya with contributions by Stephen Little, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago in association with Thames and Hudson, New York, (1997), p. 284: cat. 55 and plate p. 51.

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

Cumulative facts and circumstances.
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008.
This acquisition falls within two exceptions. First, the cumulative facts and circumstances known to the Art Institute of Chicago at the time of the acquisition allowed it to make an informed judgment to acquire the object. The exact date that Mr. Alsdorf purchased this object is unknown, but Mr. Alsdorf acquired this object before his death in 1990. The object has been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago since December 2008 and exhibited and published in a major catalogue of South Asian art: A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection (1997). In addition, the acquisition furthers the representation of the artistic achievements of all civilizations in art museums because it is a rare early example of the Hindu god Ganesha from the pre-Khmer period.
Second, the acquisition of the object was by gift and the object was promised to the Art Insitute prior to 2008. Mrs Alsdorf publicly promised the object to the Art Institute of Chicago in 1997 and thereafter signed a promised gift agreement for the object in 2002.

Provenance Information

Purchased by Mr. James W. Alsdorf, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., from Nik Douglas, Br. West Indies in 1988. Although the invoice indicates that the object was previously in the collection of Dr. Kanusat, Bangkok, Mr. Douglas is deceased and attempts to learn more about when and from whom he acquired the object were unsuccessful. Mrs. Marilynn Alsdorf publicly promised the object to the Art Institute of Chicago in 1997, signed a promised gift agreement for the object in 2002, and gave the object to the Art Institute in 2016.

Exhibition Information

A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (August 2 – October 26, 1997).
The object has been displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, in the Alsdorf Galleries of Indian, Southeast Asian, Himalayan and Islamic Art, from December 2008 to the present.

Publication Information

Brown, Robert L., "An Aesthetic Encounter: Khmer Art from Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam", Orientations, vol. 42, No. 3, (April 2011), pp. 50-56, p. 53, fig. 4.

Eisenberg, Jerome M., "Indian and Southeast Asian Art from the Alsdorf Collection", Minerva, (September/October 1997), p. 17.

Little, Stephen, "Southeast Asian Sculptures from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection." Orientations, vol. 28, No. 7, (July – August 1997), p. 57.

Pal, Pratapaditya with contributions by Stephen Little, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago in association with Thames and Hudson, New York, (1997), p. 281, cat. 41, color pl. p. 42.

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

Cumulative facts and circumstances.
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008.
This acquisition falls within two exceptions. First, the cumulative facts and circumstances known to the Art Institute of Chicago at the time of the acquisition allowed it to make an informed judgement to acquire the object. This object was acquired by Mr. Alsdorf in 1988 from Mr. Nik Douglas, Br. West Indies. Although the invoice indicates that the object was previously in the collection of Dr. Kanusat, Bangkok, Mr. Douglas is deceased and attempts to learn more about when and from whom he acquired the object were unsuccessful. It has been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1997 and since December 2008. The object has been published various times, including in a major catalogue of South Asian art, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection (1997). In addition, the acquisition furthers the representation of the artistic achievements of all civilizations in art museums because the sculpture is a rare early example of Hayagriva, the horse-headed incarnation of God Vishnu, from the pre-Khmer period.
Second, the acquisition of the object was by gift and the object was promised to the Art Insittute prior to 2008. Mrs Alsdorf publicly promised the object to the Art Institute of Chicago in 1997 and thereafter signed a promised gift agreement for the object in 2002.

Provenance Information

Collection of Mrs. John Hay Whitney (died 1998), New York, from Mathias Komor, 1961 [John Hay Whitney and Betsey Cushing Whitney Family Papers (MS1938), Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library, ledger entry]; sold at Sotheby’s, New York, June 5, 1999, to an unnamed owner in the United States; sold at Sotheby’s, New York, December 9, 2003, to an unnamed owner in New Jersey; Rupert Wace Ancient Art, Ltd., London; purchased by the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, in 2016.

Exhibition Information

The European Fine Art Fair, Maastricht Exhibition & Congress Centre Maastricht, The Netherlands, March 11-20, 2016. The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, October 10, 2016-present.

Publication Information

Sotheby’s New York, Antiquities, June 5, 1999, lot 107. Sotheby’s New York, Antiquities, December 9, 2003, lot 33.

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Informed judgement that works were outside of the country of modern discovery before 1970

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

The description and history of the object as documented in the The John Hay Whitney and Betsey Cushing Whitney Family Papers at Yale University Mrs. John Hay Whitney (“Whitney Family Papers”) supports provenance to 1961. A ledger entry in the Whitney Family Papers noted that Mrs. Whitney purchased a “small bronze statuette of a horse” from known antiquities dealer Mathias Komor, located in New York. Although no photograph accompanied the ledger entry, a more detailed description of a “Greek Geometric Bronze Horse,” which matches this object, was listed in an 1982 inventory of the Estate of John Hay Whitney, also in the Whitney Family Papers, and the statuette appeared in an undated photograph of the Whitney’s Beekman Place, New York, residence that was taken during Mrs. Whitney’s lifetime (reprinted in a Sotheby’s catalog from May 5, 2004). The object has been published twice, in 1999 and 2003, in catalogues from a major New York auction house and, in 2016, was featured at the European Fine Art Fair in the Maastricht Exhibition & Congress Centre. It is a major addition to the museum as an extremely fine example of early Greek art.

Provenance Information

Purchased by Mr. James W. Alsdorf, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., from David Newman, London in 1980. Mr. Newman is deceased and attempts to determine when and from whom he acquired the object were unsuccessful. Mrs. James W. Alsdorf publicly promised the object to the Art Institute of Chicago in 1997, signed a promised gift agreement for the object in 2002, and gave the object to the Art Institute in 2015.

Exhibition Information

"A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection" – The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (August 2 – October 26, 1997).

“Art of Devotion from Gandhara” Columbia, Missouri, Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri (June 8–December 10, 2000).

The object has been displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, in the Alsdorf Galleries of Indian, Southeast Asian, Himalayan and Islamic Art, from November 2008 to the present.

Publication Information

Pratapaditya Pal with contributions by Stephen Little, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection (The Art Institute of Chicago in association with Thames and Hudson, New York, 1997) p. 147: 192, p. 315.

Isao Kurita, Gandharan Art II: The World of the Buddha (Tokyo: Takao Watanabe, 1990), fig. 622.

Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago (July - September, 1981), pp. 4-7.

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

Also: Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008. This acquisition falls within two exceptions. First, the cumulative facts and circumstances known to the Art Institute of Chicago at the time of the acquisition allowed it to make an informed judgment to acquire the object. This object was acquired by Mr. Alsdorf in 1980 from Mr. David Newman, London. Mr. Newman is deceased and attempts to determine when and from whom he acquired the object were unsuccessful. It has been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1997 and since December 2008 as well as included in an exhibition in Missouri. The object has been published various times, including in a major catalogue of South Asian art, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art (1997), and in a major compendium on Gandharan art, Kurita, Gandharan Art II: The World of the Buddha (1990). In addition, the acquisition furthers the representation of the artistic achievements of all civilizations in art museums because it is a fine sculpture of a guardian figure from the Kushan period which flourished in present day Pakistan during the 2nd/3rd century AD. Second, the acquisition of the object was by gift and the object was promised to the Art Institute prior to 2008. Mrs Alsdorf publicly promised the object to the Art Institute of Chicago in 1997 and thereafter signed a promised gift agreement for the object in 2002.

Provenance Information

Purchased by Mr. James W. Alsdorf, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., The exact date that Mr. Alsdorf purchased this object is unknown, but Mr. Alsdorf acquired this object before his death in 1990. Attempts to determine from whom Mr. Alsdorf acquired the object were unsuccessful. Mrs. James W. Alsdorf publicly promised the object to the Art Institute of Chicago in 1997, signed a promised gift agreement for the object in 2002, and gave the object to the Art Institute in 2015.

Exhibition Information

"A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection" – The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (August 2 – October 26, 1997).

The object has been displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, in the Alsdorf Galleries of Indian, Southeast Asian, Himalayan and Islamic Art, from November 2008 to the present.

Publication Information

Pratapaditya Pal with contributions by Stephen Little, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection (The Art Institute of Chicago in association with Thames and Hudson, New York, 1997) p. 127: 160 and plate p. 308.

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

Also: Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008. This acquisition falls within two exceptions. First, the cumulative facts and circumstances known to the Art Institute of Chicago at the time of the acquisition allowed it to make an informed judgment to acquire the object. The exact date that Mr. Alsdorf purchased this object is unknown, but Mr. Alsdorf acquired this object before his death in 1990. Attempts to determine from whom Mr. Alsdorf acquired the object were unsuccessful. The object was exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1997 and since December 2008 as well as published in a major catalogue of South Asian art: A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art (1997). In addition, the acquisition furthers the representation of the artistic achievements of all civilizations in art museums because it is a fine example of the Graeco-Buddhist art of ancient Gandhara that flourished in present day Afghanistan and Pakistan. Second, the acquisition of the object was by gift and the object was promised to the Art Institute prior to 2008. Mrs Alsdorf publicly promised the object to the Art Institute of Chicago in 1997 and thereafter signed a promised gift agreement for the object in 2002.

Provenance Information

Purchased by Mr. James W. Alsdorf, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. The exact date that Mr. Alsdorf purchased this object is unknown. Mr. Alsdorf acquired the object before his death in 1990 and possibly earlier in 1985 from David M. Lindahl, Japan, although attempts to determine this conclusively were unsuccessful. Mrs. James W. Alsdorf publicly promised the object to the Art Institute of Chicago in 1997, signed a promised gift agreement for the object in 2002, and gave the object to the Art Institute in 2015.

Exhibition Information

"A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection" – The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (August 2 – October 26, 1997).

The object has been displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, in the Alsdorf Galleries of Indian, Southeast Asian, Himalayan and Islamic Art, from December 2008 to the present.

Publication Information

Pratapaditya Pal with contributions by Stephen Little, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection (The Art Institute of Chicago in association with Thames and Hudson, New York, 1997) p. 96: 113 and plate p. 297.

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

Also: Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008. This acquisition falls within two exceptions. First, the cumulative facts and circumstances known to the Art Institute of Chicago at the time of the acquisition allowed it to make an informed judgment to acquire the object. The exact date that Mr. Alsdorf purchased this object is unknown. Mr. Alsdorf acquired this object before his death in 1990 and possibly earlier in 1985 from David M. Lindahl, Japan, although attempts to determine this conclusively were unsuccessful. The work was exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1997 and since December 2008 as well as published in a major catalogue of South Asian art: A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art (1997). In addition, the acquisition furthers the representation of the artistic achievements of all civilizations in art museums because it is a fine example of the Graeco-Buddhist art of ancient Gandhara that flourished in present day Afghanistan and Pakistan. Second, the acquisition of the object was by gift and the object was promised to the Art Institute prior to 2008. Mrs Alsdorf publicly promised the object to the Art Institute of Chicago in 1997 and thereafter signed a promised gift agreement for the object in 2002.

Provenance Information

Purchased by Mr. James W. Alsdorf, Chicago, Illinois U.S.A. The exact date that Mr. Alsdorf purchased this object is unknown; however, Mr. Alsdorf acquired the object before his death on April 24, 1990. Attempts to determine from whom Mr. Alsdorf acquired the object were unsuccessful. Mrs. James W. Alsdorf publicly promised the object to the Art Institute of Chicago in 1997, signed a promised gift agreement for the object in 2002, and again in 2010, and donated the object to the Art Institute in 2015.

Exhibition Information

"A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection" – The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (August 2 – October 26, 1997).

“In the Footsteps of Buddha” - Hong Kong, China, University Art Gallery (September 25–December 15, 1998).

The object has been displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, in the Alsdorf Galleries of Indian, Southeast Asian, Himalayan and Islamic Art, from September 2008 to the present.

Publication Information

Rajeshwari Ghose, In the Footsteps of the Buddha: An Iconic Journey from India to China, (The University of Hong Kong, 1998) pl. 6.

Pratapaditya Pal with contributions by Stephen Little, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art (The Art Institute of Chicago in association with Thames and Hudson, New York, 1997) p. 95: 109 and plate p. 296.
Jerome M. Eisenberg, Indian and South-East Asian Art from the Alsdorf collection, (Minerva, 1997), vol. 8, no. 5, pp. 15-18.

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

Also: Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008.
This acquisition falls within two exceptions. First, the cumulative facts and circumstances known to the Art Institute of Chicago at the time of the acquisition allowed it to make an informed judgment to acquire the object. The exact date that Mr. Alsdorf purchased this object is unknown, but Mr. Alsdorf acquired the object before his death in 1990. Attempts to determine from whom Mr. Alsdorf acquired the object were unsuccessful. This object has been included in exhibitions both in the United States and in Hong Kong, China. It has been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago since December 2008 and published various times, including in two catalogues of South Asian art: A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art (1997) and In the Footsteps of the Buddha: An Iconic Journey from India to China (1998). In addition, the acquisition furthers the representation of the artistic achievements of all civilizations in art museums because it is a remarkable representation of the emaciated Buddha head from the ancient Gandhara culture that flourished in present day Pakistan. Second, the acquisition of the object was by gift and the object was promised to the Art Institute prior to 2008. Mrs Alsdorf publicly promised the object to the Art Institute of Chicago in 1997 and thereafter signed a promised gift agreement for the object in 2002.

Provenance Information

Purchased by Mr. James W. Alsdorf, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. The exact date that Mr. Alsdorf purchased this object is unknown. Mr. Alsdorf acquired the object before his death in 1990 and possibly earlier in 1952 from Ephron Gallery, New York, although attempts to determine this conclusively were unsuccessful. Mrs. James W. Alsdorf publicly promised the object to the Art Institute of Chicago in 1997, signed a promised gift agreement for the object in 2002, and gave the object to the Art Institute of Chicago in 2015.

Exhibition Information

"A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection" – The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (August 2 – October 26, 1997).

“Eternal Presence: Handprints and Footprints in Buddhist Art” New York, N.Y., Katonah Museum of Art (October 17, 2004 - January 9, 2005).

The object has been displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, in the Alsdorf Galleries of Indian, Southeast Asian, Himalayan and Islamic Art, from September 2008 to the present.

Publication Information

Pratapaditya Pal with contributions by Stephen Little, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art (The Art Institute of Chicago in association with Thames and Hudson, New York, 1997) p. 92: 107 and plate p. 295.

John Siudmak, “Gandharan and Western Himalayan Sculpture in the Alsdorf Collection” Orientations, 28, 7 (1997) pp. 42-50.

Kathryn H. Selig Brown, Eternal Presence: Handprints and Footprints in Buddhist Art (Katonah Museum of Art, 2005).

Milo C. Beach, "The Ear Commands the Story: Exploration and Imagination on the Silk Road" in The Silk Road and Beyond: Travel, Trade, and Transformation (The Art Institute of Chicago, 2007), p. 11, fig. 2.

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

Also: Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008.
This acquisition falls within two exceptions. First, the cumulative facts and circumstances known to the Art Institute of Chicago at the time of the acquisition allowed it to make an informed judgment to acquire the object. This object was acquired by Mr. Alsdorf sometime before his death in 1990 and possibly earlier in 1952 from Ephron Gallery, New York. This object has been exhibited in New York as well as at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1997 and since December 2008. It has been published multiple times, including in three catalogues of South Asian art: A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art (1997); Eternal Presence: Handprints and Footprints in Buddhist Art (2005), and The Silk Road and Beyond: Travel, Trade, and Transformation (2007). In addition, the acquisition furthers the representation of the artistic achievements of all civilizations in art museums because it is a remarkable Gandharan relief narrative revealing Greco–Roman influence depicting the Buddha Shakyamuni meditating with the Buddha Dipankara below, from the Kushan period which flourished in present day Pakistan during the 2nd/3rd century AD. It will be one of the very few such relief narratives in the collection. Second, the acquisition of the object was by gift and the object was promised to the Art Institute prior to 2008. Mrs Alsdorf publicly promised the object to the Art Institute of Chicago in 1997 and thereafter signed a promised gift agreement for the object in 2002.

Provenance Information

Purchased by Mr. James W. Alsdorf, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. The exact date that Mr. Alsdorf purchased this object is unknown; however, Mr. Alsdorf acquired the object before his death in 1990. Attempts to determine from whom Mr. Alsdorf acquired the object were unsuccessful. Mrs. James W. Alsdorf placed the object on a long-term loan to the Art Institute of Chicago in 1996, signed a promised gift agreement for the object in 2010, and gave the object to the Art Institute of Chicago in 2015.

Exhibition Information

The object has been displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, in the Alsdorf Galleries of Indian, Southeast Asian, Himalayan and Islamic Art, from September 2008 to the present.

Publication Information

Pratapaditya Pal with contributions by Stephen Little, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection (The Art Institute of Chicago in association with Thames and Hudson, New York, 1997) p. 221: 292 and plate p. 338.

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

Also: Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008.
This acquisition falls within two exceptions. First, the cumulative facts and circumstances known to the Art Institute of Chicago at the time of the acquisition allowed it to make an informed judgment to acquire the object. The exact date that Mr. Alsdorf purchased this object is unknown, but Mr. Alsdorf acquired this object before his death in 1990. Attempts to determine from whom Mr. Alsdorf acquired the object were unsuccessful. The object has been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago since December 2008 and published in a major catalogue of South Asian art: A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art (1997). In addition, the acquisition furthers the representation of the artistic achievements of all civilizations in art museums because it is a fine example of the Graeco-Buddhist art of ancient Gandhara that flourished in present day Afghanistan and Pakistan. Second, the acquisition of the object was by gift and the object was on long term loan prior to 2008. Mrs Alsdorf lent the object to the Art Institute of Chicago from 1996 until its acquisition.