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    "localId": "3769",
    "label": "Chakrasamvara Embracing Vajravarahi",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "drawing",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/35.332"
}

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    "id": "3769",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/35.332",
    "contentType": "drawing",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Chakrasamvara Embracing Vajravarahi",
    "description": "Flames encircle two deities who wrap their naked bodies around one another. The alluring forms of their erogenous parts are delicately drawn in sweeping calligraphic lines accentuated with washes of red.Through the passionate embrace of the wrathful male Buddha Chakrasamvara and his female partner, Vajravarahi, male and female natures are merged. Vajravarahi holds a curved knife that severs and strips away the layers of ignorance that cloud the unenlightened mind. Viewers of this portable scroll painting might imagine Vajravarahi coming to their aid to combat their own ignorance and strip away dark feelings of fear, envy, and anger.",
    "provenance": "Stuart Perrin, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; purchased by John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, March 25 1984.",
    "date": "15th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/35.332",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Painting & Drawing",
        "paintings",
        "tangkas",
        "tankas",
        "thangkas",
        "thankas"
    ],
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 74.6,
            "height": 28.6
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 29 3/8 x W: 11 1/4 in. (74.6 x 28.6 cm); Framed H: 41 1/2 × W: 22 13/16 × D: 1 3/4 in. (105.41 × 57.94 × 4.45 cm)"
}

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    ],
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    ]
}

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