Mandala offering vessel

Object Details

• Provenance

  Late 1980s or Early 1990s

  Philip Rudko, method of acquisition unknown [1]

  From Late 1980s or Early 1990s to 2020

  Alice Kandell, purchase from Philip Rudko in New York, NY [2]

  From 2020

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Alice Kandell, New York, NY [3]

  Notes:

  [1] According to Philip Rudko, interviewed by Joanna M. Gohmann on November 6, 2020, notes in accession file. Rudko could not recall from whom he purchased the object.

  Philip Rudko, born just outside New York City in northern New Jersey, is a Russian Orthodox priest and art conservator, specializing in Tibetan objects. He works with the collector Alice Kandell as the curator of her personal collection.

  [2] See interview referenced in note 1. Rudko recalls that he purchased the object and immediately sold to Kandell. 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).

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

• Collection

  Arthur M. Sackler Collection

• Exhibition History

  The Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room (March 12, 2022 - ongoing)

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

• Previous custodian or owner

  Alice S. Kandell

  Philip J. Rudko

• Origin

  Tibet

• Credit Line

  The Alice S. Kandell Collection

• Type

  Vessel

• On View

  Sackler Gallery 26a: The Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1930s, 1900s

• Name

  Kandell, Alice S., Rudko, Philip J.

• Place

  Tibet

• Topic

  Gilding, South Asian and Himalayan Art, Silver, Art, Alice S. Kandell Collection, Metal-work

• Culture

  Buddhists, Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)

• On View

  Yes