Buddhist Protector Chakrasamvara with Consort Vajravarahi Artist: Unknown

18th century

Asian Art

Not on view

The ability to visualize the embrace of Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi is understood to be a skill that can be developed only by an advanced practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism. The couple represents the union of wisdom, symbolized by the female Vajravarahi, and compassion, represented by the male Chakrasamvara, the two most important virtues in all Buddhist practice.

Medium

Silk with silk embroidery

Dimensions

image: 12 1/2 × 8 3/8 in. (31.8 × 21.3 cm)
framed: 31 7/8 × 19 7/8 in. (81 × 50.5 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of the Rubin-Ladd Foundation under the bequest of Ester R. Portnow

Accession Number

2007.158.1

Geography

Tibet, China

Culture

Chinese

Period

18th century

Classification

Paintings

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Sale, Christie's, New York, September 19, 2002, lot 158; sold to The Rubin-Ladd Foundation, Georgetown, Conn., and New York, September 19, 2002; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2007
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

human figures (visual works)

Subject

Buddhist

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