Vajrasattva
CultureTibetan
Datelate 18th-early 19th century
MediumGilt copper with inset semi-precious stones, cast as one piece with hollow base
DimensionsOverall: 6 1/4 × 3 3/8 inches (15.88 × 8.57 cm)
Credit LineGift of William L. Evans Jr.
Object numberR78-4
On View
Not on viewCollections
Exhibition HistoryNo exhibition history known at this time.
William Leon Evans, Jr. (b.1935), Kansas City, MO and Aspen, CO, by 1978 [1];
His gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1978.
[1] Until Evans moved to Aspen, Colorado in the 1990s, he and his former wife Susan Carruthers (née Baker, b. 1940) were members of the museum’s Society of Fellows. Evans was also an advocate for and avid collector of contemporary art. During the early 1960s, Evans worked in France and Germany and continued conducting business in Europe into the 1990s.
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