Shrine with Milarepa and five Tseringma sisters

Historical period(s)
19th century
Medium
Painted wood
Dimensions
H x W x D: 33 × 25.4 × 9.8 cm (13 × 10 × 3 7/8 in)
Geography
Tibet
Credit Line
The Alice S. Kandell Collection
Collection
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Accession Number
S2020.5.14a-c
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceremonial Object, Painting
Type

Shrine

Keywords
Alice S. Kandell Collection, Buddhism, Tibet
Provenance

From 1960s or 1970s to 2020
Alice Kandell, purchased from a Tibetan and Asian antique show in New York, NY [1]

From 2020
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Alice Kandell, New York, NY [2]

Notes:

[1] According to Alice Kandell, see the document created by Debra Diamond, updated after conversations with Alice Kandell and Philip Rudko that began in 2012 and continue, "ProposedKandell2018_A_C," copy in object file. Alice Kandell is a private collector, who for decades acquired hundreds of bronze sculptures, thangkas, textile banners, painted furniture and ritual implements. Her interest in Tibetan art and culture began during her college years, when she took the first of many trips to Sikkim, Tibet and Ladakh. Throughout her career as a child psychologist in New York, she continued to pursue her love of Tibetan Buddhist sacred art, traveling, collecting and documenting the art and culture of the region in two books of photography, Sikkim: The Hidden Kingdom (Doubleday) and Mountaintop Kingdom: Sikkim (Norton).

[2] The object was formally accessioned into the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection on December 18, 2020. See Acquisition Consideration Form, object file.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Alice S. Kandell

Collection Area(s)
South Asian and Himalayan Art
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