Vasudhara, Goddess of Abundance

From 1964 to 2012 Susanne K. Bennet (b. 1938), purchased in Old Delhi, Delhi, India. [1] From 2012 Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Susanne K. Bennet, Washington, DC [2] Notes: [1] Susanne K. Bennet purchased the bronze in Old Delhi in 1964. She and her husband were posted to Delhi between 1963 and 1967, with the United States Agency for International Development and then with the Department of State. See email from Mrs. Bennet dated August 22, 2012 to the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery detailing the circumstances of the purchase, copy in object file, Collections Management. See also Acquisition Justification, object file, Collections Management Office. [2] See Acquisition Consideration Form, object file, Collections Management Office. National Museum of Asian Art Collection The Art of Knowing in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas (March 25, 2023 - ongoing) Encountering the Buddha: Art and Practice Across Asia (October 14, 2017 to February 6, 2022) Devi: The Great Goddess (March 28 to September 6, 1999) Sculpture of South Asia and the Himalayas (November 19, 1992 to July 9, 2017) Mrs. Susanne K. Bennet (born 1938)