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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Tibetan
Title:Thangka
Date Made:early 19th century
Type:Painting
Materials:oil with gilding on canvas with gold silk mounted on paperboard
Place Made:Tibet
Measurements:image: 28 x 15 1/2 in.; 71.12 x 39.37 cm
Accession Number:  SC 1977.46
Credit Line:Gift of Marion Niles, class of 1901
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
This Tantric Buddhist painting in the New Menri style depicts Sakya Pandita in debate posture. The Hindu debater who was defeateed by Sakya Pandita is on the lower right. Four-armed Mahakala is on the lower left. Manjusti is on upper left and Sakya Lama is on upper right. Statue of Maitreya is on middle left.

Subjects:
Canvas; Paperboard; Silk

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