A Thangka Depicting Four Mandalas from the Vajravali Cycle

Acquired between 1987—2001

The World of Mandala—Tamashige Tibet Collection, Okura Museum of Art, Tokyo, April 1—June 19, 2005

The World of Mandala—Tamashige Tibet Collection, Okura Museum of Art, Tokyo, 2005, 20, cat. no. 7  

Accretion and rubbing overall with consolidated areas of cracking to pigment at lower register. Possible consolidation to some areas of red pigment.
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Compare the scrollwork of the palace grounds and the style of upper and lower registers of a late 14th century Raktayamari mandala in the Zimmerman Family Collection, see Marylin M. Rhie, and Robert A. F. Thurman, Wisdom and Compassion: The Sacred Art of Tibet, New York, 1991, p. 231, pl. 75

Himalayan Art Resource no. 31203

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