Native Name | Thangka |
Object Number | 51-41-18 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Tibetan | Buddhist | Red Lama Sect |
Provenience | Tibet | China | Lanchow |
Date Made | 19th Century |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Silk | Pigment |
Technique | Painted |
Iconography | Padmasambhava | Vajrapani |
Inscription Language | Tibetan Language |
Description | Very old Tibetan painting. Padmasambhava (Tibetan: pema jung ne. English: the Lotus Born): from the land of Oddiyana, Padmasambhava is considered one of the three principal founders of Tibetan Buddhism in the 8th century. Founder of the Red Lama sect, with Vajrapani, demon form, below. Inscription on back. |
Height | 27.94 cm |
Width | 17.78 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Schuyler V. R. Cammann, 1951 |
Other Number | 41.062 - Other Number |
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