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sGral-na dKar-po (White Tara)
Tibetan (Lamaist)
19th century
Object Place: Tibet
Medium/Technique
Distemper on cotton
Dimensions
Height x width: 128.6 x 53.3 cm (50 5/8 x 21 in.)
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number50.4050
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
DescriptionPainting with no borders, possibly originally in thangka format.
sGrol-ma dkar-po (White Tara) seated upon a lotus throne which rises from waves. Mountains rising from shore. Her robes are in colors of red and blue: haloes of blue and gold. Above her on clouds are eight deities and five worshipers dressed in similar costumes. Immediately above in the clouds are three identical figures, probably female, each seated on a lotus and displaying the gesture of munificence with one hand and holding a skull cup in the other. In the next section of the thangka shows a divinity seated on a rock and blessing two worshipers, all three being shown in the clouds. On the right of this group, a Bodhisattva with a jewel in his right hand is seate under a tree against a hill, with two kneeling worshipers. On the other side a single worshipper brings an offering in a bowl; behind him are two peonies. Along the top of the painting are three identical white Tathagatas, two of whom are represented within shrines.
sGrol-ma dkar-po (White Tara) seated upon a lotus throne which rises from waves. Mountains rising from shore. Her robes are in colors of red and blue: haloes of blue and gold. Above her on clouds are eight deities and five worshipers dressed in similar costumes. Immediately above in the clouds are three identical figures, probably female, each seated on a lotus and displaying the gesture of munificence with one hand and holding a skull cup in the other. In the next section of the thangka shows a divinity seated on a rock and blessing two worshipers, all three being shown in the clouds. On the right of this group, a Bodhisattva with a jewel in his right hand is seate under a tree against a hill, with two kneeling worshipers. On the other side a single worshipper brings an offering in a bowl; behind him are two peonies. Along the top of the painting are three identical white Tathagatas, two of whom are represented within shrines.
Provenance1950, Elizabeth Day McCormick; 1950, gift of McCormick to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 4,1950)