Chart - Protective Talisman
(item no. 880)

Tibet

1900 - 1959

Uncertain Lineage

78.74x59.69cm (31x23.50in)

Ground Mineral Pigment

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

(acc.# P1999.22.2)

 
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Protective Talisman: the nine mystic numbers, eight trigrams and the animals of the twelve year cycle. All of this is inscribed on the belly of a turtle.

Jeff Watt 11-2000


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Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Painting Gallery VIII
Painting Type: Charts, General
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