File:Tibetan - Mahasiddha Ghantapa and the Great Flood - Walters 35303.jpg
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[edit]Mahasiddha Ghantapa and the Great Flood ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Title |
Mahasiddha Ghantapa and the Great Flood |
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Description |
English: The legendary Buddhist sage (mahasiddha) Ghantapa created a flood in order to teach a lesson to a king. But the flood threatened the lives of innocent bystanders, and so Ghantapa told them to pray to Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion. Avalokiteshvara dispatched a statue of himself-or perhaps an actual incarnation, judging from the way he is shown at lower right, his arm raised to halt the raging floodwaters. Ghantapa, who has the power to fly, holds his female partner as well as two ritual instruments, a bell and a vajra. He is watched over by the bodhisattva of wisdom, Manjushri, depicted in a circle. |
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Date |
18th century date QS:P571,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7 |
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Medium | pigments on cotton fabric | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 74.9 cm (29.4 in); width: 33 cm (12.9 in) dimensions QS:P2048,74.9U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,33U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q210081 |
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Accession number |
35.303 |
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Place of creation | Kham, Tibet | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Object history |
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Exhibition history | Patron and Painter: Situ Panchen and the Encampment Style. Rubin Museum of Art, New York; Freer Gallery of Art, Washington. 2009-2010. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit line | gift of John and Berthe Ford, 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source | Walters Art Museum: Home page Info about artwork | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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