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Asian Art
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Explore image in Buddhist Protector Mahakala as Brahmarupa
18th century
Ground mineral pigment with black ground and gold on cotton
framed: 49 3/4 × 23 1/4 in. (126.4 × 59.1 cm)
sight in frame: 29 1/4 × 17 1/2 in. (74.3 × 44.5 cm)
sight in frame: 29 1/4 × 17 1/2 in. (74.3 × 44.5 cm)
Gift of Alice and Nasli Heeramaneck in memory of Viola and William B. Arvine
1988.76.6
Geography:
Tibet, China
Culture:
Tibetan
Period:
18th century
Classification:
Paintings
Provenance:
Alice N. Heeramaneck (née Arvine, 1910–1993) and Nasli Heeramaneck (1902–1971), New York; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1988
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
