King
(item no. 370)

Tibet

1700 - 1799

Buddhist Lineage

78.74x57.79cm (31x22.75in)

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

(acc.# P1996.20.18)

 


Tibetan King: wearing a traditional head covering and richly ornamented garments, he holds a bowl of wish-fulfilling jewels in the left hand while the right hand rests casually across the knee.

Surrounding the central figure are 201 forms of Green Tara, arranged in orderly rows, each with one face and two hands, seated in a relaxed posture.

Jeff Watt 9-2003


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Thematic Set
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Painting Gallery VII
Kings: India, Tibet & Shambhala
Unidentified: Portraits
Kings: Tibetan
1700 - 1799 (18th Century) Part I



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