Fragment of a Relief with the Fasting Siddhārtha and the Attack of Mara

ca. 1960-62, likely purchased in India* by Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Charles Watson (Santa Barbara, CA); October 1967, gifted to the Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art].   *General donor file contains correspondence from Mrs. Watson stating that she and Mr. Watson''s collection of Indian art and artifacts was begun and amassed while living in New Delhi between 1960 and 1962; however, specific acquisition information is not documented.

• Elvehjem Art Center. "Bulletin 1970-1971." Madison: Elvehjem Art Center, 1971. p. 65, no. 42
• Narain, A. K. "A Note on Two Inscribed Sculptures in the Elvehjem Art Centre of the University of Wisconsin, Madison." Indian Epigraphy: Its Bearing on the History of Art. (1985): 73-74. pp. 73-74

• Asia
• Sculpture
• Jane Werner Watson Collection

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