Native Name | Thangka (uncertain) |
Object Number | C415 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Tibetan | Lamaism | Buddhist |
Provenience | Tibet | Nepal |
Date Made | 17th Century - 18th Century |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Silk | Paper | Ink | Pigment |
Technique | Painted |
Iconography | Offerings | Eight Buddhist Symbols | Brahma | Jewels |
Inscription Language | Tibetan Language |
Description | Painting with ink and opaque pigment on silk backed with heavy paper. Tibetan Lama painting of various offerings to a deity. Devis bearing the eight Buddhist emblems and the 'offerings of the five senses'; Brahma and other (Hindu) deities bearing other offerings; personifications of the seven jewels; and (in lower corners) the 'seven personal jewels'. In center, an altar with usual fittings, and at bottom a basin of jewels. Typical Tibetan technique. Inscription in modern Tibetan on back. |
Credit Line | Purchased from Viginier of Paris; Avery Fund, 1924 |
Other Number | CG94-1-77 - Found in Collection Number |
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