Artwork Details

Title
Yogini Nairatmya
Dimensions
6 5/8 × 4 5/8 × 3 7/8 in.
Medium
Gilt copper alloy, gems, and pigment
Origin
Tibet
Classification(s)
sculpture
Date
17th century
Credit Line
Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, Gift of the Nyingjei Lam Collection and Anna Maria and Fabio Rossi
Object number
C2018.3.1
HAR Number
68463
Published references
* Weldon, David and Jane Casey Singer. The Sculptural Heritage of Tibet: Budhist Art in teh Nyingjei Lam Collection. London: Laurence King Publishing, 1999. pl. 28, pg. 122-123.* Franco Ricca, Arte Buddhista Tibetana: Dei e Demoni dellÆ Himalaya, Turin, 2004, fig. 66, page 208.

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