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Vajradhara, Nairatmya, and mahasiddhas Virupa and Kanha
The Cleveland Museum of Art · Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Museum

Vajradhara, Nairatmya, and mahasiddhas Virupa and Kanha

c. 1450
Medium
Gum tempera and gold on cotton
Dimensions
Framed: 74.8 x 59.8 cm (29 7/16 x 23 9/16 in.); Overall: 57.5 x 50.2 cm (22 5/8 x 19 3/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Style
Tibetan Art
Origin
Central Tibet, Ngor monastery
Institution
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

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Provenance

Public
?–1960

(C.L. Bharany, Calcutta [Kolkata], India, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1960–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Source provenance text

(C.L. Bharany, Calcutta [Kolkata], India, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Exhibitions

Public
Focus: Tantra in Buddhist Art

Himalayan Gallery 237 Rotation: August 2020-March 2021

Himalayan Gallery Rotation

Source exhibition text

Focus: Tantra in Buddhist Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 5-September 15, 2013). Himalayan Gallery 237 Rotation: August 2020-March 2021. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 14, 2020-March 7, 2021). Himalayan Gallery Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 22-September 28, 2025). Dieux et Démons de l'Himâlaya: Art du Bouddhisme Lamaïque. Grand-Palais, Paris, France (March 25–June 27, 1977). Dieux et Démons de l'Himâlaya: Art du Bouddhisme Lamaïque [title in Germany: Tibet, Kunst des Buddhismus]. Haus der Kunst, Munich (August 5–October 16, 1977). Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 239). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 1–December 22, 2014).

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Sourced Overview Evidence

The first in a series depicting the masters who transmitted the teachings on how to reach enlightenment, this painting begins at the upper left with the dark blue Vajradhara, who represents the essence of all Buddhas. The female enlightened being Nairatmya is seated at the upper right. She transmitted the teachings to Virupa, the brown-skinned Indian yogi at the lower left, in a vision; his disciple Kanha is at the lower right.

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Evidence state

0 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 2 structured provenance events · 3 structured exhibitions.

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