| Native Name | Thangka |
| Object Number | 51-4-137 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tibetan | Buddhist |
| Provenience | Tibet |
| Date Made | 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Technique | Painted |
| Iconography | Sakyamuni Buddha | Bodhisattva | Guardian King | Cranes |
| Description | Painting. A Tsok-shin (Assembly of the Gods), showing Sakyamuni Buddha on a throne of glory, surrounded by all the principal Buddhas, bodhisattvas, Lama saints, teachers and rulers, Dharmapala guardians, etc., representing the complete pantheon of the Yellow Sect. This is a most unusual presentation of this subject, which is usually represented on a tree (the Tree of Life). These assembly paintings are rare in this country, and this form is extremely rare. The mounting of rare Sichuan silk has bands of golden cranes and six character panels which say the golden crane mark of Yeh-shun-t'ing. Mounting working loose. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Robert R. Service, 1951 |
| Other Number | L-48 - Other Number | 6-1959-8 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number |
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