Circle of Bliss and His Consort, the Indestructible Master Practitioner

Daten.d.

Artist Tibetan (Tibetan, NA)

CultureEastern Tibetan

MediumDistemper on cloth

DimensionsImage: 37 x 25 1/4 in. (94 x 64.1 cm)
Framed: 46 1/2 x 34 1/2 x 1 7/8 in. (118.1 x 87.6 x 4.8 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.

Period18th c

Classification(s)

Painting

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. 225 repr

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;
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
DescriptionEastern Tibetan style. There are many traditions and lineages of Chakrasamvara; this image is according. Donkey-faced Chakrasamvara and consort in lower right. High level anuttarayoga practice, highly esoteric and requires initiation to receive authorization to perform this meditation.

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