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Sri-devi with the Five Long-Life Sisters and the Eleven Jewel Goddesses

Tibetan
Ming–Qing Dynasty
18th century
Object Place: Tibet/China

Medium/Technique Distemper and gold on cotton, mounted with silk brocade in panel format
Dimensions 105.5 x 72 cm (41 9/16 x 28 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Julia Bradford Huntington James Fund, Abbott Lawrence Fund and Otis Norcross Fund
Accession Number06.1870
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

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

Sri Devi with white skin sits cross-legged on lotus, holding dish of jewels and staff with jewel on top. She is surrounded on all sides by female deities riding animals. All are backed by clouds.
Provenance1906, gift of the James Fund, the Abbott Lawrence Fund and the Otis Norcross Fund to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 8, 1906)