Name
Unknown (Artist)
Title
Thangka
Accession Number
1969.12.000
Format
paintings; watercolors (paintings)
Culture
Tibetan (culture or style)
Genre
Religious art
Origin Information
Tibet
Date
No date (16th century)
Physical Description
1 thangka ; cloth: 54 1/2 x 32 3/4 in. (138 x 83 cm), with plexi box: 65 3/4 x 41 7/8 in. (167 x 106.3 cm)
Note (Medium/support)
Water-based paint on gessoed flax
Note (Ownership)
Gift of Prof. H. Dustin Rice in the name of his wife, Virginia Scott Rice
Note
Markings inscribed in red ink on back of work indicate psychic centers of main figure and constitute consecration of the image by a spiritual authority.
Library Location
Art Properties, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
Catalog Record
12005071
Also In
Art Properties -- Columbia’s Art Collection Online
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-76jk-3354