Deity with dark skin seated on lotus pedestal surrounded by seven smaller deities against green background

Deities of the Padmakula Mandala

Location
Dunhuang, China

Date
period of Tibetan rule (ca. 781–848)

Material
pigments on silk

Dimensions
35¼ x 25⅝ in. (89.6 x 60 cm)

Collection
Mission of Paul Pelliot, 1906–1908; Musée national des arts asiatiques–Guimet, Paris; EO 1131

Photo Credit
photograph © RMN-Grand Palais/Art Resource, NY

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