Padmasambhava ("Lotus Born One")
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Object Details
- Collection
- Arthur M. Sackler Collection
- Exhibition History
- The Art of Knowing in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas (March 25, 2023 - 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)
- Art of the Gift: Recent Acquisitions (July 24 to December 13, 2015)
- The Tibetan Shrine from the Alice S. Kandell Collection (March 13, 2010 to November 27, 2016)
- Credit Line
- The Alice S. Kandell Collection
- first half of the 18th century
- Accession Number
- S2014.18a-b
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Sculpture
- Medium
- Gilt copper alloy, turquoise, pearl, and pigment
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 51.5 × 35 × 25.2 cm (20 1/4 × 13 3/4 × 9 15/16 in)
- Origin
- Central Tibet
- On View
- Sackler Gallery 22a: The Art of Knowing in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- casting
- gilding
- repoussé
- engraving (printing process)
- engraving (incising)
- metal
- Buddhism
- urna
- Tibet
- guru
- Vajrayana Buddhism
- Padmasambhava
- South Asian and Himalayan Art
- teacher
- Alice S. Kandell Collection
- Record ID
- fsg_S2014.18a-b
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3c5889094-a72a-4a18-8397-12b80483dfe3
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