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Faith and Empire: Art and Politics in Tibetan Buddhism

Gallery 3

Maṇḍala of Forty-Nine Deity Vajrabhairava
China
Yuan dynasty, ca. 1329
silk tapestry (kesi 缂丝)
96 5⁄8 x 82 5/16 in. (245.4 x 209 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art
purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace gift, 1992
1992.54.

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