1994.69: Tantric Temple Banner with Decoration of Auspicious Emblems
Textile Arts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1994.69
- Title
- Tantric Temple Banner with Decoration of Auspicious Emblems
- Classification
- Textile Arts
- Work Type
- textile
- Date
- probably 19th century
- Places
- Creation Place: South Asia, Tibet
- Culture
- Tibetan
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/200112
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Red wool ground with blue wool borders, the appliqué decoration in fabrics of varied color stitched in place, the tassels sewn along the lower edge of the bottom border, the banner backed with medium-blue cotton cloth
- Dimensions
- 89.4 x 817.5 cm (35 3/16 x 321 7/8 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Lois Orswell
- Accession Year
- 1994
- Object Number
- 1994.69
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Marjorie B. Cohn and Sarah Kianovsky, Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2002), cat. no. 329, fig. 83, pp. 178-179, 365
Exhibition History
- Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/21/2002 - 02/16/2003
- Himalayan Art: Art of the Divine Abode, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/22/2022 - 05/08/2022
Verification Level
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