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Warrior God Surrounded by Divinities

Tibetan
18th–19th century
Object Place: Tibet

Medium/Technique Opaque watercolor and gold on cotton, mounted with silk brocades, in panel format
Dimensions 101.5 x 71 cm (39 15/16 x 27 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.2524.1
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

DescriptionPainting with decorative borders, mounted on support panel. Would have originally been in thangka format.

A warrior god (dressed in Mongolian-style armor) appears at the center with lamas, Buddhas and Bodhisattvas above; a Dakini and Yamantaka at the sides, two more wrathful deities below them; Vaishravana, Kubera, and Mahakala (?) at bottom.

Condition poor. Dark and very difficult to read.
Provenance1906, Denman Waldo Ross, Cambridge, MA; 1906, gift of Ross to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 8, 1906)