Mandala of the Four Deities of Mt. Kōya

The image depicts a vertical, rectangular artwork with a gold border. The artwork is divided into two main sections: a top section with a brown background and a bottom section with a black background featuring a gold geometric pattern. In the top section, two figures are seated behind screens, with the figure on the left wearing a brown robe and a black hat with a feather tucked into it, and the figure on the right wearing a red robe and a gold crown. In the bottom section, two more figures are seated behind screens, with the figure on the left wearing a red robe and playing a drum, and the figure on the right wearing a red robe and a gold crown. At the bottom of the artwork, three animals are depicted: a brown animal on the left, a brown and green animal in the center, and a white animal on the right. The top of the artwork features a red and gold patterned border with two black tassels hanging from it. The artwork appears to be a traditional Asian-style painting or tapestry, titled "Mandala of the Four Deities of Mt. Kōya" by an unknown artist.

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Dimensions: 372 × 900 px
Museum Record: View original

Palette

Zulaykha in her palace and as an old woman with Joseph, from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492); verso from a Panj Ganj of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492), with two masnavis: Yusuf va Zulaykha (Joseph and Zulaykha) and Khirad-nama-i Iskandari (Alexander’s Book of Wisdom)

Royal Reception in a Landscape, right folio from a double-page frontispiece of a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025)

Kaiwan, Latif, and Sharif arrive at a house of worship, where they seek help from Khurshid who has become a mystical healer, from a Tuti-Nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-second Night

Miracle of the Dragon

Young Women Playing Cat’s Cradle (Ayatori)

Mandala of the Four Deities of Mt. Kōya

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