Shakyamuni Descending from the Heaven of the 33 Gods
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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
- late 18th-mid 19th century
- Accession Number
- S2013.30
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Mineral pigments and gold foil on sized cotton; with older (Ming?) brocade for the frame; original silk curtain and ribbons; wooden dowel with chased silver caps
- Dimensions
- H x W (overall): 149.9 x 86.4 cm (59 x 34 in)
- H x W (painting): 66 x 44.5 cm (26 x 17 1/2 in)
- Origin
- Probably Lhasa, 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
- Tibet
- Gautama Buddha
- South Asian and Himalayan Art
- thangka
- Alice S. Kandell Collection
- Record ID
- fsg_S2013.30
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3143432a8-8a78-4718-9df3-b3a68a3f203e
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