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Green Tara surrounded by an Assemblage of 25 Divinities

Tibetan
18th century
Object Place: Tibet

Medium/Technique Distemper on cotton
Dimensions Height x width: 65.8 x 42.2 cm (25 7/8 x 16 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number17.750
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

DescriptionPainting with decorative borders, mounted on support panel. Would have originally been in thangka format.

Surrounded by other Taras, Sakyamuni, Avalokitesvara, and Mañjusri. Full color, slight gold. Rubbed and spotted. Panel, cotton, mounted against red, yellow, and blue brocade.
Provenance1917, Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, MA; Sept. 30, 1913, loan of Ross to the MFA; 1917, gift of Ross to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 15, 1917)