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TIBET, 19TH CENTURY
Details
A painted wooden panel of a Mahavairocana Mandala
Tibet, 19th century
The central deity surrounded by a multitude of other figures in nested circles and squares, the outermost square with a gate in each cardinal direction, all surrounded by a ring of figures and multicolored acanthus leaves on a deep green background
Opaque pigments on textile adhered to wood
11¾ x 11½ in. (29.8 x 29.2 cm.)
Tibet, 19th century
The central deity surrounded by a multitude of other figures in nested circles and squares, the outermost square with a gate in each cardinal direction, all surrounded by a ring of figures and multicolored acanthus leaves on a deep green background
Opaque pigments on textile adhered to wood
11¾ x 11½ in. (29.8 x 29.2 cm.)
Provenance
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, acquired before 1996
Literature
Pratapaditya Pal, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, 1997, p. 160 and 319, cat. no. 211
Exhibited
On loan to Art Institute of Chicago since 1996
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