Gift of Mary Shepherd Slusser
2019: "Dharma and Punya: Buddhist Ritual Art of Nepal", Iris and Gerald B. Cantor Art Gallery, College of The Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, September 5 - December 14, 2019
By June 1967, Dr. Mary Shepherd Slusser [1918 – 2017]; [1] gifted to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA), accessioned into VMFA collection in December 1999. [2]
[1] Object corresponds either to #196 in Slusser's accessions notebook, purchased from "Gyan Bahadur” in Patan, Nepal on July 21, 1966, or to #394 in the same document, purchased in Bauddha, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal on June 22, 1967.
[2] Accessioned December 16, 1999. Information in VMFA Curatorial and Registration files.
[1] Object corresponds either to #196 in Slusser's accessions notebook, purchased from "Gyan Bahadur” in Patan, Nepal on July 21, 1966, or to #394 in the same document, purchased in Bauddha, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal on June 22, 1967.
[2] Accessioned December 16, 1999. Information in VMFA Curatorial and Registration files.
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