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Mandala of Yamantaka (Conqueror of Death)
(India, Nepal, and Tibet)
In the top center of this work is Tsongkapa [Ts'on-k'a-pa] (1356-1418), the deified founder of the Gelugpa [Ge-lug-pa] (Yellow Cap) sect and incarnation of the Manjusri (God of Wisdom).
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Mrs. Marguerite E. Blake [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, September 1967, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1969 | Art of the Asian Mountains. Miami University: Art Museum, Oxford. |
Geographies
Tibet (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H with ribbon and fabric borders: 31 5/16 x W: 20 11/16 in. (79.5 x 52.5 cm); Image H: 28 7/16 x W: 17 13/16 in. (72.2 x 45.3 cm); H with frame: 53 15/16 x W: 31 11/16 in. (137 x 80.5 cm); Outer border H: 31 x W: 20 1/8 in. (78.74 x 51.12 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Marguerite E. Blake, 1967
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
35.110