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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
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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

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