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Amoghapasa, Avalokitesvara and his parivara
Himalayan
17th–18th century
Object Place: Tibet
Medium/Technique
Distemper on cotton
Dimensions
89.8 x 61.9 cm (35 3/8 x 24 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number17.1308
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
DescriptionPainting with stitched borders, mounted on support panel. Would have originally been in thangka format.
The golden figure of Amoghapasha Lokeshvara is surrounded by twenty-one other divinities, many of whom are different emanations of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara. Possibly attributed to the Tashilunpo School of the eighteenth century.
The golden figure of Amoghapasha Lokeshvara is surrounded by twenty-one other divinities, many of whom are different emanations of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara. Possibly attributed to the Tashilunpo School of the eighteenth century.
Provenance1917, Denman Waldo Ross, Cambridge, MA; 1917, gift of Ross to the MFA. (Accesstion Date: April 5, 1917)