Mahākāla with Retinue and Nyingma Lama
Mahākāla with Retinue and Nyingma Lama

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Mahākāla with Retinue and Nyingma Lama,

18th or 19th century

Tibetan
y1939-70

Information

Title
Mahākāla with Retinue and Nyingma Lama
Dates

18th or 19th century

Medium
Tangka; colored pigments on fabric with cloth mounting
Dimensions
Painting: 70 x 46.5 cm. (27 9/16 x 18 5/16 in.) Mount: 78 x 133 cm. (30 11/16 x 52 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
[Museum Purchase with funds from Frank Jewett Mather, Jr. (as in general inventory ledger through 1940)]
Object Number
y1939-70
Place Made

Asia, Tibet

Culture
Tibetan
Type
hanging scrolls, tibetan painting styles, paintings
Materials
cloth, pigment
Subject
people in religion, Lamaism, figures (representations)

Acquired by the Princeton University Art Museum by 1939.

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