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Asian Art
Buddhist Protector Mahakala
19th century
Ground mineral pigment on cotton
framed: 42 × 26 1/2 in. (106.7 × 67.3 cm)
matted (brocade matting): 38 × 23 in. (96.5 × 58.4 cm)
image: 25 × 18 3/4 in. (63.5 × 47.6 cm)
matted (brocade matting): 38 × 23 in. (96.5 × 58.4 cm)
image: 25 × 18 3/4 in. (63.5 × 47.6 cm)
Gift of Alice and Nasli Heeramaneck in memory of Viola and William B. Arvine
1988.76.16
Geography:
Tibet, China
Status:
Not on view
Culture:
Tibetan
Period:
19th 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.