id: 152332 accession number: 1985.191.b share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.191.b updated: 2019-11-18 11:39:52.166000 Iconographic Drawing of Tantric Enlightened Beings (verso), c. 1500. Tibet, early 15th Century. 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.b title: Iconographic Drawing of Tantric Enlightened Beings (verso) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1500 creation date earliest: 1495 creation date latest: 1505 current location: creditline: Delia E. Holden Fund copyright: --- culture: Tibet, early 15th Century technique: ink and watercolor on cotton department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Tibetan Art type: Drawing find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 20.3 x 12.7 cm (8 x 5 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Focus: Tantra in Buddhist Art opening date: 2013-05-05T00:00:00 Focus: Tantra in Buddhist Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (May 5-September 15, 2013). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * The Cleveland Museum of Art (05/05/2013 - 09/15/2013); "Focus:Tantra in Buddhist Art" --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: These rare surviving pages of a practice book have drawings of prominent tantric figures. The line drawing is confident and masterful, with each iconographic element rendered with clarity and precision. The svelte proportions of the figures follow the style of the Khyenri school initiated in the second half of the 15th century by the artist Khyentse Wangchuk (about 1420-1500), known for his elegant and energetic depictions of the fierce manifestations of the enlightened beings. The best preserved example on this segment is the blue Hevajra in sexual union with Nairatmya, shown in a deeper shade of blue. Chakrashamvara, another powerful emanation of a Buddha, is at the left with his consort Vajravarahi, holding a variety of weapons, tantric implements, and an elephant skin representing the defeat of uncontrolled passions in his twelve hands. The buffalo-headed figure at the right is Yamantaka, a powerful form of the Bodhisattva of Wisdom. Tantric practitioners invoke this deity to aid in conquering fear of death, one of the most powerful hindrances to enlightenment. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.191.b/1985.191.b_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.191.b/1985.191.b_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.191.b/1985.191.b_full.tif