Watercolor painting

Museum number:
9-8180
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
169 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2403
Description:
Book cover; left: painting of Bhaisajyaguru (Medicine Buddha); right: painting of Vairochana (?); center: writing; silk mat on woven cloth; wood backig; width 64.5 cm, height 23.5 cm. Watercolor on paper; wood; blue silk with red brocading; linen. Cover of sacred book.
Donor:
Albert M. Bender
Collection place:
Tibet
Materials:
Linen (material), Paper (fiber product), Silk, and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Watercolors (paintings)
Function:
7.1 Writing and Records (including religious texts)
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Watercolor painting, accession number 9-8180, described as Book cover; left: painting of Bhaisajyaguru (Medicine Buddha); right: painting of Vairochana (?); center: writing; silk mat on woven cloth; wood backig; width 64.5 cm, height 23.5 cm. Watercolor on paper; wood; blue silk with red brocading; linen. Cover of sacred book.

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