The Metropolitan Museum of Art's own open-access collection API record for "Portrait of The Great Teacher Marpa," bronze inlaid with copper and silver, gold plugs, Tibet, 17th century, Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 1995. The record's own title names Marpa directly by his standard honorific, "The Great Teacher," accession number 1995.176.
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Reliability Tier1
The holding museum's own open-access collection API record for the accessioned object, the strongest available record for its date, medium and accession number, its own title naming Marpa directly by his standard honorific as the portrait's subject. Citation
PublisherMetropolitan Museum of Art
URLhttps://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/37630
Source TypeMuseum
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Marpa, Figures This source names Marpa directly: "for "Portrait of The Great Teacher Marpa," bronze inlaid with copper and silver, gold plugs, Tibet, 17th century, Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 1995."
Source Portrait of The Great Teacher Marpa, accession 1995.176 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Claims Backed By This Source (15 claims)
This source backs 15 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 9 claims: 5 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
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