Three Combined Wrathful Ones

Daten.d.

Artist Tibetan (Tibetan, NA)

CultureTibetan

MediumDistemper on cloth

DimensionsImage: 24 1/8 x 15 1/8 in. (61.3 x 38.4 cm)
Support: 45 3/4 x 24 1/4 in. (116.2 x 61.6 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.

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Not on view

Period20th c

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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. 158-159

Vassar Exhibitions

Mastery and Merit: Tibetan Art from the Jack Shear Collection

Exhibition HistoryMastery and Merit: Tibetan Art from the Jack Shear Collection, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, March 5 - July 31, 2022
DescriptionThis figure is a combination of three deities: Vajrapani, Hayagriva, and Garuda. The form is specific to the tradition of Drubchen Namkha Gyeltsen (1326-1401), who was a teacher of the Gelugpa founder Tsong Khapa. Practice of this deity is aimed at removing obstacles.

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