The Story of the Buddha and Aṅgulimāla

Unknown date, donated by Mahākāśyapa [per inscription]; 27 November 1961, purchased from Ernst Hauswedell (Hamburg, Germany) auction, "Indien & Siam Plastik des 2.-18. Jahrhunderts" [sale 110, lot 16] by Dr. Johanna E. van Lohuizen-de Leeuw, Professor of Indian Art and Archaeology, University of Amsterdam on behalf of Earl and Irene Morse; 1972, gifted by Earl and Irene Morse to the Elvehjem Art Center [now known as the Chazen Museum of Art]. [Last researched by Chazen staff October 2023]

• Leoshko, Janice. "Pala Period Indian Art in the Elvehjem's Collection." Elvehjem Museum of Art Bulletin, 1986-1987. Elvehjem Museum of Art (1987): 32-38. pp. 32-38
• Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Elvehjem Museum of Art Bulletin/Annual Report 1986-1987." Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1988. p. 32
• Fogg Art Museum. "Indian Sculpture from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Morse." Cambridge: Fogg Art Museum, 1963. pp. 13-14, no. 7
• Paul, Debjani, and Prangopal Paul. "Just the One Finger Yet: A Rare Representation of Angulimala in Pala Art." In Dr. Debala Mitra, ed. Studies in Art and Archeology of Bihar and Bengal. Delhi, India: 1989. pp. 35-39, fig. 1
• Zin, Monika. "The Unknown Ajanta Painting and the Angulimala Story." South Asian Archaeology 2001, Volume II: Historical Archaeology and Art History (2001): 705-713. pp. 710-11, fig. 11
• 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, pl. 115
• Pal, Pratapaditya. "Buddhist Art in Lichcchavi Nepal." Marg, Vol. XXVII (1974). 19, fig. 45
• J.B. Speed Art Museum. "Indian Buddhist Sculpture in American Collections." Louisville, KY: J.B. Speed Art Museum, 1968. cat. no. 41

• New Acquisitions from the Far East: Elvehjem Art Center, 11/5/1973–1/6/1974
• Indian Buddhist Sculpture in American Collections: J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY, 2/27/1968–3/31/1968
• Indian Sculpture from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Morse: Fogg Art Museum, 5/20/1963–8/3/1963

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