Tanka of Avalokiteśvara

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Description

Title
Tanka of Avalokiteśvara
Published / Created
circa 1900-circa 1950
Description
A watercolor painting on cotton that depicts Avalokiteśvara seated on a pink lotus accompanied by smaller figures, as well as Amitābha above and Padma Sambhav below. Inscription in Tibetan on the verso. Consecrated by a lama to address an illness.
Provenance
Acquired from various sources. For further information consult entries for individual tankas in the guide to the collection., Purchased by Joseph F. Weiler in Nepal. Gifts of Joseph F. Weiler and Eliza Weiler, 1983.
Language
Tibetan
Sanskrit

Item Location

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
Tibet MSS 62
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Container / Volume
Box 6 (Oversize)

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Citation
Tanka Collection. General Collection of Books and Manuscripts, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

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Object ID (OID)
10563694

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