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accession number: 1989.104
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Tantric Buddha Vairochana as Vajrasattva, c. 1150–1200. Central Tibet. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on cloth; overall: 111 x 73 cm (43 11/16 x 28 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1989.104
title: Tantric Buddha Vairochana as Vajrasattva
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creation date: c. 1150–1200
creation date earliest: 1150
creation date latest: 1200
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creditline: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
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culture: Central Tibet
technique: gum tempera, ink, and gold on cloth
department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection: Tibetan Art
type: Painting
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measurements: Overall: 111 x 73 cm (43 11/16 x 28 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Notable Acquisitions
opening date: 1991-06-07T04:00:00
Notable Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 15, 1991).
title: Wisdom and Compassion: The Sacred Art of Tibet
opening date: 1996-05-01T00:00:00
Wisdom and Compassion: The Sacred Art of Tibet. Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, Germany (May 1-August 31, 1996); Fundació "la Caixa", Barcelona, Spain (October 1, 1996-January 12, 1997).
title: Sacred Visions: Early Paintings from Central Tibet
opening date: 1998-10-05T00:00:00
Sacred Visions: Early Paintings from Central Tibet. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (organizer) (October 5, 1998-January 17, 1999); Museum Rietberg, Zürich (February 14-May 16, 1999).
title: Focus: Tantra in Buddhist Art
opening date: 2013-05-05T00:00:00
Focus: Tantra in Buddhist Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 5-September 15, 2013).
title: Himalayan art rotation
opening date: 2021-09-01T04:00:00
Himalayan art rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 1, 2021-February 6, 2022).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Main Gallery Rotation (gallery 237). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (April 4-November 7, 2016).', 'opening_date': '2016-04-04T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
(David Tremayne, Ltd., London, UK, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?–1989
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1989–
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Czuma, Stanislaw J. "Notable Acquisitions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 78, no. 3 (1991): 63–147.
page number: Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 122
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161319
Bly, Linda. An Important 12th Century Tibetan Thanka in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Place of publication not identified]: [publisher not identified], 1991.
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Czuma, Stanislaw J. “Some Tibetan and Tibet-related Acquisitions of the Cleveland Museum of Art” Oriental Art (Winter 1992–93) vol 38:4.
page number: Reproduced: p. 233; Mentioned: p. 232
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Rhie, Marylin M., Robert A. F. Thurman, and John Bigelow Taylor. Wisdom and Compassion: The Sacred Art of Tibet. New York: Tibet House New York in association with Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1996.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: fig. 11, p. 48; cat. no. 222, p. 467
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Kossak, Steven, Jane Casey Singer, and Robert Bruce-Gardner. Sacred Visions: Early Paintings from Central Tibet. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998.
page number: Reproduced: cat. no. 13, fig. 8, p. 18, p. 79; Mentioned: cat. no. 13, p. 80
url: https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15324coll10/id/101557
Siren 採蓮 (Bulletin of Chiba City Museum of Art) No. 2, March 31, 1999.
page number: p. 52, no. 5
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Kossak, Steven. Painted Images of Enlightenment: Early Tibetan Thankas, 1050-1450. Mumbai: Marg Publications on behalf of National Centre for the Performing Arts, 2010.
page number: Reproduced: p. 60, fig. 40
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Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 216–217
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