Includes a white metal cast sculpture of the Bodhisattva Tara (3 3/4 in.)(good estate condition; some wear and loss to bottom edge of lotus petal base), a bronze sculpture of Ganesha standing on the back of his vahana vehicle of a large rat, like an elephant, rats can overcome obstacles, Ganesha has his elephant face and four hands holding items associated with him, all upon a lotus blossom base (5 1/2 in.)(general rubbing and wear; some small nicks to edges), and a very nicely cast vajra (dorje), a Tibetan Buddhist ritual implement symbolic of a thunderbolt weapon that destroys both internal and external enemies, and also represents indestructible and all-penetrating mind of enlightenment (length 5 1/4 in.)(rubbing and wear as expected with age and use).

From the Collection of the late Dr. Schuyler Van Rensselaer Cammann (1912-1991), Esteemed Professor Emeritus in the Department of Oriental Studies, University of Pennsylvania

Schuyler Van Rensselaer Cammann was an American scholar renowned for his contributions to the field of art and archaeology of Asia, particularly Southeast Asian and Chinese art. He began his distinguished career at Yale University, where upon graduation he spent two years living in Changsha teaching English and European History. He traveled extensively at this time and developed a great interest and appreciation for Tibetan art. He returned to America to attend graduate school at Harvard, but before proceeding to his PhD, World War II broke out and Dr. Cammann returned to China to serve as a US naval officer. After the war, he completed his doctorate at John Hopkins and then went on to teach for many years at the University of Pennsylvania. He continued to conduct fieldwork expeditions to Asia. Over the length of his career, he received many notable awards and recognition for his scholarly contributions to the field of Asian art and archeology.