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Five Protective Goddesses (Pancaraksha)
Tibetan
15th century
Object Place: Tibet
Medium/Technique
Distemper on cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 73.6 × 55.8 cm (29 × 21 15/16 in.)
Framed: 101.6 × 74.9 cm (40 × 29 1/2 in.)
Framed: 101.6 × 74.9 cm (40 × 29 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of John Goelet
Accession Number67.822
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
DescriptionPainting with decorative borders, mounted on support panel. Would have originally been in thangka format.
An eight-armed, four-headed, white-skinned goddess (Mahapratisara) sits flanked by four goddesses to represent the pancaraksha, with two additional goddesses above. In the outer borders, the five Tathagata Buddhas and twenty-eight goddesses are joined by the eight dikpalas and other deities.
An eight-armed, four-headed, white-skinned goddess (Mahapratisara) sits flanked by four goddesses to represent the pancaraksha, with two additional goddesses above. In the outer borders, the five Tathagata Buddhas and twenty-eight goddesses are joined by the eight dikpalas and other deities.
ProvenanceBy 1967, John Goelet, New York, NY; 1967 gift of Goelet to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 13, 1967)