Maharakta Ganesha (Primary Title)
thanka (Object Name)

Unknown (Artist)

late 16th–early 17th century
Tibetan
opaque watercolor on cloth
Place Made,Central Tibet
Other (sight): 12 1/4 × 10 3/8 in. (31.12 × 26.35 cm)
Framed: 28 × 19 in. (71.12 × 48.26 cm)
91.511
Not on view
Gift of Berthe and John Ford
2022-2023: Beyond Bollywood: 2000 Years of Dance in Art, Cincinnati Art Museum, November 11, 2022 - February 5, 2023; Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, March 31 -0 July 10, 2023

1992-1993 "Mystic Visions: The Virginia Museum's Collection of Nepalese and Tibetan Art", VMFA, July 6, 1992 - January 3. 1993.

1989-1990 "Leaves from the Bodhi Tree", Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH, November 11, 1989- January 14, 1990; Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD, , February 17 - April 15, 1990; Smart Gallery, Chicago, IL, October 9 - December 2, 1990.
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