Artwork Details

Title
Victory over Mara
Dimensions
22 1/8 × 16 3/4 in. (Estimated)
Medium
Pigments on cloth
Origin
Buryatia, Mongolia
Classification(s)
paintings
Date
19th century
Credit Line
Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, Gift of Shelley and Donald Rubin
Object number
C2006.66.305
HAR Number
699
Published references
* Ari Goldfield, Judith Lief, and Glenn Wallis, "Do You Believe in Miracles? Debating the Supernatural in Buddhism," Introduction by Andy Karr, Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly, Fall 2008 (p. 43).

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