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Collections

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Tsangnyön Heruka (1452-1507)late 15th -16th century

Not on view
Small bronze sculpture, heavily patinated, of a seated cross-legged figure with a tall coiled topknot, elaborate gilded jewelry, and a wide grin, set on a double-lotus pedestal
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Tsangnyön Heruka (1452-1507)
Place Made
Eastern Tibet
Date Made
late 15th -16th century
Medium
Brass with paint
Dimensions
7 x 5 x 4 in. (17.78 x 12.7 x 10.16 cm)
Credit Line
From the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection, Museum Associates Purchase
Accession Number
M.73.4.14
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
South and Southeast Asian Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Pal, Pratapaditya. Art of Tibet. Los Angeles; Berkeley, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; University of California Press, 1983.
  • Beguin, Gilles. Dieux et Demons de l'Himalaya: Art du Bouddhisme Lamaique. Paris: Grand Palais, 1977.
  • Reedy, Chandra L. Himalayan Bronzes: Technology, Style and Choices. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1997.
  • Fisher, Robert E. Mystics and Mandalas: Bronzes and Paintings of Tibet and Nepal. Redlands, CA: University of Redlands, 1974.
  • Pal, Pratapaditya. Art of Tibet. Expanded edition. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1990.
  • Pal, Pratapaditya. The Art of Tibet. New York: The Asia Society, Inc., 1969.