Hevajra and Nairatmya (Primary Title)
paubha (Nepalese religious painting) (Object Name)

Unknown (Artist)

14th–15th century
Nepalese
opaque watercolor on cloth
Unframed: 44 1/2 × 35 1/4 in. (113.03 × 89.54 cm)
Framed: 48 3/4 × 37 in. (123.83 × 93.98 cm)
91.549
Not on view
Gift of Berthe and John Ford
By August 1967, Dr. Mary Shepherd Slusser [1918 – 2017]; [1] by 1985, Berthe and John Ford; [2] gifted to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA), accessioned into VMFA collection in December 1991. [3]

[1] Object corresponds to #431 in Slusser's accessions notebook, purchased from "Man Krishna Tamrakar” in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal on August 27, 1967.

[2] For the transfer to the Fords, see Slusser's accessions notebook #431 and Mary Shepherd Slusser, "Conservation Notes on Some Nepalese Paintings," www.asianart.com, July 2003.

[3] Accessioned December 17, 1991. Information in VMFA Curatorial and Registration files.

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