Artwork Details

Title
Padmasambhava
Dimensions
11 1/2 × 9 × 7 in.
Medium
Gilt copper alloy
Origin
Tibet or Bhutan
Classification(s)
sculpture
Date
18th or 19th century
Credit Line
Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, Gift of Shelley and Donald Rubin
Object number
C2013.4
Published references
* Van Alphen, J. Collection Highlights: Rubin Museum of Art. (New York: Rubin Museum of Art, 2014). Pp. 248-249 (as part of the Shrine Room)

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Transmission

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Lineage

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