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Mandala,

19th century (?)

Tibetan
2018-78

Information

Title
Mandala
Dates

19th century (?)

Medium
Tangka; colored pigments on fabric with cloth mounting
Dimensions
Painting: 61 × 42 cm (24 × 16 9/16 in.) mount: 102 × 60 cm (40 3/16 × 23 5/8 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
2018-78
Place Made

Asia, Tibet

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

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

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