id:			152331
accession number:	1985.191.a
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.191.a
updated:		2023-01-11 05:56:39.152000

Iconographic Drawings:  Vaishravana, Yama, Ushnishavijaya, Chunda (?), and Buddha (recto), c. 1500. Tibet. Ink and watercolor on cotton; overall: 20.3 x 12.7 cm (8 x 5 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Delia E. Holden Fund 1985.191.a

title:				Iconographic Drawings:  Vaishravana, Yama, Ushnishavijaya, Chunda (?), and Buddha (recto)
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creation date:			c. 1500
creation date earliest:		1495
creation date latest:		1505
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creditline:			Delia E. Holden Fund
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culture:	Tibet
technique:	ink and watercolor on cotton
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Tibetan Art
type:		Drawing
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measurements: Overall: 20.3 x 12.7 cm (8 x 5 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Himalayan Gallery 237 Rotation
	opening date:   2021-03-12T05:00:00
	<i>Himalayan Gallery 237 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 12-August 29, 2021).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Spink & Son, Ltd., London, UK, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1985
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1985-
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fun fact:
The script notations are in an Indic script, but the line drawings are Tibetan.

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wall description:
Tibetan <em>thangka </em>painters referred to sketchbooks with drawings that delineate the iconographies—appearance and identifying attributes—of Buddhist figures. These visual guides were heavily used; very few survive. This rare example shows signs of wear, but the steady line drawings are the work of a master.<br><br>The largest figure on the left is the guardian king of the north, Vaishravana, god of wealth, and the small figure to the right appears to be a donor in Tibetan dress. The next page to the right has Yama, the guardian king of the south, and the god of death in union with his consort on his buffalo mount. Below them is a goddess of longevity, Ushnishavijaya. At the far right is an 18-armed goddess seated in a skull cup on serpents, below which is a seated Buddha.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1985.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 73, no. 2, 1986, pp. 26–71.
	page number: 	Mentioned: no. 204, p. 71
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159930

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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.191.a/1985.191.a_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.191.a/1985.191.a_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.191.a/1985.191.a_full.tif