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Mandala with the Buddha and Bodhisattvas

Chinese (Artist)
Mongolian (Artist)
18th century
wash colors on paper mounted on panel with wood frame covered with brocade
(India, Nepal, and Tibet)

In the center of this piece is an inscription in Pali (?). Each figure has an inscription in Chinese and another language with larger side panels the same. The Chinese inscription to the right of the Buddha as been torn off. The piece is in a wood frame covered in brocade.

Inscription

[Inscription] In center in Pali (?); [Inscription] With each figure in Chinese and another language; [Inscription] On larger side panels in Chinese and another language; [Inscription] On back in pencil: From Yellow Temple near Peking. Ch'ien Lung.

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.

Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

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Geographies

Tibet (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 9 5/8 x L: 29 in. (24.5 x 73.7 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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35.92

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