Item: Chart - Protective Talisman

Tibetan: རེའུ་མིག། བྲིས་ཐང་སྣ་ཚོགས། Chinese: 表格（绘画种类）

(item no. 880)

Origin Location	Tibet
Date Range	1900 - 1959
Lineages	Uncertain
Size	78.74x59.69cm (31x23.50in)
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment
Collection	Rubin Museum of Art
Catalogue #	acc.# P1999.22.2

Classification: Object/Concept

Interpretation / Description

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