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Copper Mountain Paradise of Padmasambhava (Guru Rimpoche),

18th–19th century

Tibetan
2018-77

Information

Title
Copper Mountain Paradise of Padmasambhava (Guru Rimpoche)
Dates

18th–19th century

Medium
Tangka; colored pigments on fabric with cloth mounting
Dimensions
Painting: 176 × 114 cm (69 5/16 × 44 7/8 in.) mount: 249.5 × 152 cm (98 1/4 × 59 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Geiss Hsu Foundation in memory of James P. Geiss, Graduate Class of 1979, and Margaret Y. Hsu, Graduate Class of 1977
Object Number
2018-77
Place Made

Asia, Tibet

Culture
Tibetan
Type
paintings
Materials
pigment, cloth
Techniques
painting (coating)
Subject
religious art, iconography, Buddhism, figures (representations), mountains, palaces, deities

–2018 Geiss-Hsu Foundation (Princeton, NJ), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2018.

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