Vajradhara
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Object Details
- Collection
- Arthur M. Sackler Collection
- Exhibition History
- The Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room (March 12, 2022 - ongoing)
- Encountering the Buddha: Art and Practice Across Asia (October 14, 2017 to February 6, 2022)
- Doorway to an Enlightened World: The Tibetan Shrine from the Alice S. Kandell Collection (March 19 to November 27, 2016)
- The Tibetan Shrine from the Alice S. Kandell Collection (March 13, 2010 to November 27, 2016)
- Credit Line
- The Alice S. Kandell Collection
- mid 15th century
- Accession Number
- S2012.7
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Sculpture
- Medium
- Gilt copper alloy; insets of turquoise; traces of pigments; base opened
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 24.3 x 19.8 x 12.8 cm (9 9/16 x 7 3/4 x 5 in)
- Origin
- Densatil, Central Tibet
- On View
- Sackler Gallery 26a: The Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- casting
- gilding
- inlay (process)
- metal
- Buddhism
- Buddha
- Tibet
- Vajradhara
- South Asian and Himalayan Art
- Alice S. Kandell Collection
- Record ID
- fsg_S2012.7
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3c46d327a-3bfc-441e-9939-39efaad80ca8
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