Mandala

Tibet

Late 19th century

  • Titles Mandala (Proper)
  • Medium ink and color on cotton
  • Dimensions Image: 19 x 13 1/8 in. (48.3 x 33.3 cm) Mount: 33 1/2 x 22 1/4 in. (85.1 x 56.5 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Betty and Charles Grisham, 1989.60.5
  • Work Type thangka
  • Classification Paintings

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Herb Gatherer, Zheng Ji, ink and color on silk
Stoneware with green glaze; probably had a cover at one time
Portrait of a Kneeling Newar Devotee Making the Namaste/Namaskar Gesture of Reverence
Wearing the unadorned hairstyle of an ascetic and notably without jewelry she has four hands: the upper right holding a rosary, the upper left holding a sickle, the lower right making a boon-granting gesture. The lowered left holding a water pot with a handle. Her lion stands to her right. A doe rests beneath a buck at her left. A radiating mandorla radiates like flower peals behind. Her sari clings to her body. Her eyes are wide open with a slight smile. Damage to the face and left breast as well as the two upper hands.