Resource Spotlight | “Sacred Visions: Early Paintings from Central Tibet” by Steven M. Kossak and Jane Casey Singer, with an essay by Robert Bruce-Gardner

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Green Tara
c. 1260s
Central Tibet
Thangka; gum tempera, ink, and gold on sized cotton
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund by exchange 1970.156
© The Cleveland Museum of Art

Sacred Visions

Early Paintings from Central Tibet

by Steven M. Kossak & Jane Casey Singer

This resource is generously provided by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Leogryph
Pala period
ca. late 9th century
India (Bihar)
Bronze
Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Gift of Samuel Eilenberg, 1987
1987.142.209
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Green Tara
c. 1260s
Central Tibet
Thangka; gum tempera, ink, and gold on sized cotton
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund by exchange 1970.156
© The Cleveland Museum of Art

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Tantric Buddha Vairochana as Vajrasattva
c. 1150–1200
Central Tibet
Gum tempera, ink, and gold on cloth
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1989.104
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Standing Parvati
Chola period
ca. first quarter of the 10th century
Indian (Tamil Nadu)
Copper alloy
Bequest of Cora Timken Burnett, 1956
57.51.3
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Portrait of Jnanatapa Attended by Lamas and Mahasiddhas
ca. 1350
Eastern Tibet, Kham, Riwoche monastery
Distemper on cloth
Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 1987
1987.144
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Buddha Amoghasiddhi with Eight Bodhisattvas
ca. 1200–50
Central Tibet
Distemper on cloth
Purchase, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Philanthropic Fund Gift, 1991
1991.74
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The Bodhisattva Maitreya
11th or early 12th century
Tibet
Distemper on cloth
Rogers Fund, 19891989.284
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Twelve-Armed Chakrasamvara and His Consort Vajravarahi
ca. 12th century
India (Bengal) or Bangladesh
Phyllite
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Perry J. Lewis, 1988
1988.392
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Portrait of a Lama, Possibly Dromton
Last quarter of the 11th century
Tibet
Distemper on cloth
Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 1991
1991.152
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Lineage Portrait of an Abbot
ca. 1350
Central Tibet
Distemper on cloth
Purchase, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Philanthropic Fund Gift, 1991
1991.304
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Panel from a Buddhist Ritual Crown Depicting Vairocana
Late 13th–early 14th century
Tibet
Distemper on wood
Purchase, The Vincent Astor Foundation Gift, 1997
1997.152
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Mandala of Jnanadakini
Late 14th century
Tibet
Distemper on cloth
Purchase, Lita Annenberg Hazen Charitable Trust Gift, 1987
1987.16
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Author | Steven M. Kossak, Jane Casey Singer, Robert Bruce-Gardner
Publisher | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Year of Publication | 1998

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