Native Name | Thangka |
Object Number | 51-4-125 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Tibetan | Buddhist |
Provenience | Tibet |
Date Made | 19th Century |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Pigment |
Technique | Painted |
Iconography | Amitayus Buddha | Tsongkhapa | Khasgrubje | Gyaltsabje | Usnishavijaya | Green Tara | Hayagriva | Demon |
Inscription Language | Sanskrit |
Description | Painting. Amitayus (Sambhogakaya), Buddha of Eternal Life, with 99 smaller figures of same. Top: Tsongkhapa with Khas-grub-je and Gysl-tsab-je; insets of Usnishavijaya and Green Tara. Below: Hayagriva and a warrior demon (unwholesome) human sacrifices. Inscription of sacred Sanskrit syllables on back. |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Robert R. Service, 1951 |
Other Number | 28-A - Other Number |
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