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Vasudhara, the Goddess of Abundance
Vasudhara, the Goddess of Abundance

Vasudhara, the Goddess of Abundance

CultureNepalese
Date14th century
MediumGilt copper with semiprecious-stone inlay
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/2 × 3 7/8 × 3 1/2 inches (13.97 × 9.84 × 8.89 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number58-7
On View
Not on view
Exhibition History

Art of Nepal, Asia House Gallery, New York, May 7-August 30, 1964, no. 23 as Vasudhara

Provenance

With J. J. Klejman, New York, by 1957 [1];

Purchased from J. J. Klejman by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1958 [2].

NOTES:

[1] Sculpture arrived on approval from J. J. Klejman in December 1957, Nelson-Atkins curatorial files.

[2] Invoice dated January 7, 1958, Nelson-Atkins curatorial files.

Published References

Asia House Gallery, Art of Nepal, exh. cat. (New York: Asia House Gallery, 1964), 73, fig. 23, 133, (repro.).

Ross E. Taggart and George L. McKenna, eds., Handbook of the Collections in The William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, Kansas City, Missouri, vol. 2, Art of the Orient, 5th ed. (Kansas City, MO: William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, 1973), 151, (repro.).

Roger Ward and Patricia J. Fidler, eds., The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection (New York: Hudson Hills Press, in association with Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1993), 394, (repro.).

Deborah Emont Scott, ed., The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection, 7th ed. (Kansas City, MO: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2008), 276, fig. 1, (repro.).

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