Tanka of Avalokiteśvara
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Description
- Title
- Tanka of Avalokiteśvara
- Published / Created
- circa 1800-circa 1900
- Abstract
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An eastern Tibetan watercolor painting on cotton that depicts a white Avalokiteśvara with four arms seated on a pink lotus below Gautama Buddha, Vajrapāṇi, and Tsoṅ-kha-pa Blo-bzaṅ-grags-pa with two disciples, as well as above Manjushri, a green Tārā, and Vajrapāṇi. Inscriptions in Tibetan on the verso. The tanka includes a silk cover.
- Extent
- 1 painting: watercolor on cotton; 57.0 x 39.5 cm. bordered with silk brocade 115 x 70 cm
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Tibet MSS 62
- Collection Title
- Tanka collection
- Collection Date
- [circa 1600]-[circa 1950]
- Collection Note
- Series II. Identified Subjects. Avalokiteśvara
- Container / Volume
- 18 (Oversize)
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- mixed material
- Genre
- Tankas (scrolls or banners)
- Resource Type
- Paintings & Drawings
- Subject (Name)
- Gautama Buddha--Art
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Tanka Collection. General Collection of Books and Manuscripts, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9924184
- Object ID (OID)
- 10563706