Ritual Skull Cup (Kapala) (Primary Title)

Unknown (Artist)

1767
Nepalese
gilded copper alloy
Overall: 4 1/2 × 5 1/4 × 7 1/2 in. (11.43 × 13.34 × 19.05 cm)
85.34
Not on view
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. H. Robert 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 May 1985, Dr. Mary Shepherd Slusser [1918 – 2017]; [1] gifted to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA), accessioned into VMFA collection in May 1985. [2]

[1] Object may correspond to #62 in Slusser's accession notebook, purchased from "New Road 'Ratna'” in Kathmandu on February 23, 1966.

[2] Accessioned May 15, 1985. Information in VMFA Curatorial and Registration files.
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