Artwork Details

Title
Tara Protecting from the Eight Fears
Dimensions
72 1/8 x 80 3/4 x 1 7/8 in. (183.2 x 205.1 x 4.8 cm)
Medium
Pigments on cloth with silk brocade
Origin
Kham Province, Southeastern Tibet
Classification(s)
paintings scroll painting
Date
late 19th - early 20th century
Credit Line
Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, Gift of Dr. Michael Henss, Zurich
Object number
C2014.8
Published references
*Dagyab, Loden Sherab. 1977. Tibetan Religious Art (2 Vols). Part II: Plates. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, p. 20, pl. 22.

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