Standing Buddha with Hand in Gesture of Teaching (<em>Vitarkamudra</em>)

1. With Woods-Dorp est., Fine Arts of Asia, Vaduz, Liechtenstein by Dec. 1, 1972 [this and the following according to invoice from Fine Arts of Asia, Dec. 1, 1972; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to James W. Alsdorf (1913–1990) and Marilynn B. Alsdorf (1925–2019), Winnetka, IL, Dec. 1, 1972; by descent to Marilynn B. Alsdorf, Chicago, IL, 1990 [on long-term loan at the Art Institute of Chicago, Sept. 17, 1997; publicly promised as a gift to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1997; signed a promised gift agreement for the work, Mar. 11, 2002]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, Nov. 15, 2016.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• New York, The Asia Society, The Ideal Image: The Gupta Sculptural Tradition and Its Influence, Oct. 5– Dec. 3, 1978, cat. 83.
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Light of Asia: Buddha Sakyamuni in Asian Art, Mar. 4–May 20, 1984; The Art Institute of Chicago, June 30–Aug. 26, 1984; The Brooklyn Museum, Nov. 1, 1984–Feb. 10, 1985.
• Art Institute of Chicago, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Aug. 2–Oct. 26, 1997, cat. 123.
• Hong Kong, University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, In the Footsteps of Buddha: An Iconic Journey from India to China, Sept. 26–Dec. 15, 1998, cat. 44.

• Pratapaditya Pal, <em>The Ideal Image: The Gupta Sculptural Tradition and Its Influence</em> (New York: The Asia Society/John Weatherhill, Inc., 1978), 128, cat. 83.
• Pratapaditya Pal, <em>Light of Asia: Buddha Sakyamuni in Asian Art</em> (Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984), 218–219, cat. 102b.
• Nandana Chutiwongs, “Southeast Asian Buddhist Sculptures from the Seventh to the Ninth Centuries”, in Nandana Chutiwongs & Denise Patry Leidy, <em>Buddha of the Future: An Early Maitreya from Thailand</em> (New York: The Asia Society, 1994), 33, fig. 13.
• Stephen Little, “Southeast Asian Sculptures from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection”, <em>Orientations</em>, vol. 28, no. 7 (July/Aug. 1997), 61, fig. 9.
• Pratapaditya Pal, “A Collecting Odyssey: Reflections on the Alsdorf Collection”, <em>Arts of Asia</em>, vol. 27 (Sept.–Oct. 1997), 108, fig. 17.
• Pratapaditya Pal with contributions by Stephen Little, <em>A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection</em> (The Art Institute of Chicago in association with Thames and Hudson, 1997) 103 (ill.), 299, cat. 123.
• Rajeshwari Ghose, <em>In the Footsteps of the Buddha: An Iconic Journey from India to China</em> (Hong Kong: University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, 1998), 213, cat. 4, 214 (ill.).

Buddha with Attendants on Mythical Animal

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Standing Bodhisattva

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Standing Buddha

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Horse-Headed Incarnation of God Vishnu (Vajimukha)

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God Ganesha

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Tassels

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Hand of Buddha

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Head of Buddha

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