Tanka of Hayagrīva

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Description

Title
Tanka of Hayagrīva
Published / Created
circa 1900-circa 1950
Description
A Tibetan watercolor painting on cotton with embroidery that depicts Hayagrīva surrounded by thirty-six figures. The painting is mounted on brocade that depicts dragons. Inscriptions in Tibetan on verso. The tanka includes a silk cover and ribbons.
Provenance
Acquired from various sources. For further information consult entries for individual tankas in the guide to the collection., Gift of Chester Bowles (Yale 1924), 1958., Bowles was given the tanka by the King of Nepal, Tribhuvan Bir Bickrum Shah, circa 1951-1953.
Language
Tibetan
Sanskrit

Item Location

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
Tibet MSS 62
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Container / Volume
37 (Art)

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

Identifiers

Object ID (OID)
10563725

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