Preparatory Drawing for a copper repousse seated image of the Bodhisattva Maitreya

Object Details

• Artist

  Kuber Singh Shakya (ca. 1881-1957)

• Patron

  King of Bhutan

• Provenance

  Ca. 1950 to 1957

  The artist, Kuber Singh Shakya (ca. 1881-1957), Patan [1]

  From 1957 to 1998

  Rudea Raj Shakya, Patan, by inheritance from his father, Kuber Singh Shakya [2]

  From 1998

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Rudea Raj Shakya and family

  Notes:

  [1] The artist Kuber Singh Shakya made this drawing in preparation for one of the copper repousse he was commissioned to make for the King of Bhutan in the 1950s.

  [2] After the artist, Kuber Singh Shakya's death in 1957 the drawing remained in the home of his family including his son Rudea Raj Shakya. In 1997, when Mary Slusser, a research associate at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery was visiting the home of the artist in Patan, Nepal, she convinced them to donate the drawing to the museum. Paperwork was signed and this drawing was formally accessioned into the Arthur M. Sackler on January 9, 1998.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Encountering the Buddha: Art and Practice Across Asia (October 14, 2017 to February 6, 2022)

  Himalayas: An Aesthetic Adventure (October 18, 2003 to January 11, 2004)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Rudea Raj Shakya

• Origin

  Nepal

• Credit Line

  Gift of Rudra Raj Shakya and family in memory of his father Kuber Singh Shakya

• Type

  Drawing

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1940s, 1950s

• Name

  Shakya, Rudea Raj

• Place

  Nepal

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Art, Maitreya Buddha

• Culture

  Buddhists, Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Drawings