Tantric Figure: One of the Four Guardians
Unknown Tibetan, Tibetan
19th century
Oil on canvas
Overall: 18 1/2 × 14 1/4 in. (47 × 36.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund
P.962.68.2
Geography
Place Made: Himalayan Region, Tibet, Asia
Period
19th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Inscriptions
Not signed.
Course History
REL 19, AMES 39, Tibetan Buddhism, Nancy Lin, Winter 2012
REL 40, AMES 42, Visual Culture of Tibet and the Himalayas, Nancy Lin, Summer 2012
REL 19, AMES 39, Tibetan Buddhism, Nancy Lin, Winter 2012
ANTH 32, AMES 26, Anthropology of Tibet and the Himalayas, Kenneth Bauer, Winter 2019
ANTH 32, Anthropology of Tibet and Himalayas, Kenneth Bauer, Summer 2020
ASCL 51.06/REL 41.07, Buddhism Sex, Gender in South East Asia, Sara Swenson, Spring 2022
HIST 96.01, Colonialism and Culture in Asia and Africa, Douglas Haynes, Spring 2022
REL 43.01, Buddhism in America, Reiko Ohnuma, Spring 2022
Art History 34.01, Arts of Tibet, Xiaotin Yin, Winter 2023
Art History 34.01, Asian Societies, Cultures and Languages 52.02, Arts of Tibet, Xiaotin Yin, Winter 2023
Anthropology 32.01, Anthropology of Tibet & Himalayas, Sienna Craig, Winter 2024
Provenance
Professor Robert J. Poor; sold to present collection, 1962.
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