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The Eleventh Vidyadhara (Wisdom-Holder) King of Shambhala

Tibetan
second half of the 17th century
Object Place: Tibet

Medium/Technique Distemper on cotton
Dimensions 80.9 x 43.3 cm (31 7/8 x 17 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.345
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

DescriptionPainting in hanging scroll (thangka) format, with replacement streamers, veil, and decorative stitched borders.

Full color. Cotton panel.
Provenance1904, sold by Florine Langweil (b. 1861 – d. 1958), Paris, to Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; 1906, gift of Ross to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 8, 1906)