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Manuscript Cover with Lhamo Flanked by Four Goddesses   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Mongolian
Title
Manuscript Cover with Lhamo Flanked by Four Goddesses
Description
English: Each figure in this painting is under an elaborate arch with inscriptions in both Mongolian and Chinese. At the far right is an inscription in Chinese providing the title of the manuscript, Sutra of Ten-Thousand Buddha Names. At the far left is a Mongolian inscription. The piece is in a wood frame covered with brocade. The figures are Palden Lhamo (Shri Devi in Sanscrit, the protector goddess) in the center, flanked by (left to right): Goddess of Spring, Goddess of Autumn, Goddess of Summer, and Goddess of Winter.
Date 18th century
date QS:P571,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Medium wash colors on paper mounted on panel in wood frame with brocade
Dimensions H: 6 15/16 x L: 23 3/4 in. (17.7 x 60.4 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
35.91
Place of creation Tibet
Object history
Credit line Acquired by Henry Walters
Inscriptions [Inscriptions] At right in Chinese "Wang fu ming jing"; [Inscriptions] At left in Mongolian
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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