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| Keywords: Tibetan - Mahasiddha Ghantapa and the Great Flood - Walters 35303.jpg The legendary Buddhist sage mahasiddha Ghantapa created a flood in order to teach a lesson to a king But the flood threatened the lives of innocent bystanders and so Ghantapa told them to pray to Avalokiteshvara the bodhisattva of compassion Avalokiteshvara dispatched a statue of himself-or perhaps an actual incarnation judging from the way he is shown at lower right his arm raised to halt the raging floodwaters Ghantapa who has the power to fly holds his female partner as well as two ritual instruments a bell and a vajra He is watched over by the bodhisattva of wisdom Manjushri depicted in a circle century 18 pigments cotton cm 74 9 33 accession number 35 303 13025 Sonan Tashi Tibetan dealer Hong Kong date and mode of acquisition unknown John and Berthe Ford Baltimore August 1 1995 by purchase Walters Art Museum John Berthe Ford 2008 Patron and Painter Situ Panchen and the Encampment Style Rubin Museum of Art New York; Freer Gallery of Art Washington 2009-2010 place of origin Kham Tibet Walters Art Museum license 2D Tibetan art in the Walters Art Museum Paintings from Tibet Manjusri Ghantapa | ||||
