Three Chapters of Biographical Teaching Stories (Tokpar Jöpedé) from the Wish-Fulfilling Vine

Daten.d.

Artist Tibetan (Tibetan, NA)

CultureEastern Tibetan

MediumDistemper on cloth

DimensionsImage: 40 x 23 1/4 in. (101.6 x 59.1 cm)
Overall: 67 5/8 x 36 1/2 in. (171.8 x 92.7 cm)

Credit LineThe Jack Shear Collection of Tibetan Art, a partnership between The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College, The Tang Museum at Skidmore College, and the Williams College Museum of Art.

On View

Not on view

Period18th c

Classification(s)

Textile

BibliographyBogin, Benjamin., Maki, Ariana., and Seligman, Rachel (eds.). Forms of Awakening: Tibetan Art from the Jack Shear Collection. A partnership between The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College (Saratoga Springs, NY); The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College (Poughkeepsie, NY); Williams College Museum of Art (Williamstown, MA). New York, NY: Delmonico Books, 2024, p. 87 repr, 291

Vassar Exhibitions

Mastery and Merit: Tibetan Art from the Jack Shear Collection

Exhibition HistoryMastery and Merit: Tibetan Art from the Jack Shear Collection, March 5 - July 31, 2022; Across Shared Waters: Contemporary Art in Dialogue with Tibetan Art from the Jack Shear Collection, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA, February 17 - July 16, 2023;
Forms of Awakening: Selections from the Jack Shear Collection of Himalayan Art, Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, August 19 - December 10, 2023

DescriptionThis composition is part of a set, which number dozens of paintings, that is based on an 11th century Kashmiri text. Compositionally and stylistically, the Shear pieces are most similar to the set sponsored by the 18th century Pho lha dynasty of central Tibet.

Object information is a work in progress and may be updated as new research findings emerge. To help improve this record, please email loebcollections@vassar.edu