Artwork Details

Title
Peaceful and Wrathful Deities of the Bardo
Dimensions
Object size: 34 3/4 x 22 in. (estimated)Image size: 33 7/8 x 21 3/8 inFramed size: 44 3/4 x 31 5/8 x 2 1/4 in.
Medium
Pigments on cloth
Origin
Tibet
Classification(s)
paintings
Date
18th - 19th century
Credit Line
Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, Purchased from the Collection of Navin Kumar, New York
Object number
C2005.35.3
HAR Number
65860
Published references
* Prats, Ramon N., and Martin Brauen. Bardo: Tibetan Art of the Afterlife. New York: Rubin Museum of Art, 2010. Fig 8, p 9.*Pakhoutova, Elena. “Exploring Notions of the Afterlife in the Art of Tibetan Buddhism.” Orientations 54, no. 5, 2023.

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Instruction

Concepts

Teachings and precepts that offer practical and experiential guidance. In Buddhism instruction is primarily an oral tradition and is often targeted to the specific needs or disposition of a student or disciple.

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Death

Concepts

The end of this life marked by the cessation of bodily functions followed by decay. According to Buddhism, after death consciousness transitions to an intermediate state known as the bardo before embarking on another life. 

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Tibetan Regions

Region

Today, Tibetans primarily inhabit the Tibetan Plateau, situated between the Himalayan mountain range and the Indian subcontinent to the west, Chinese cultural regions to the east, and Mongolian cultural regions to the northeast. During the 7th to 9th century, Tibetan rulers expanded their empire across Central Asia, and established Buddhism as the state religion.

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