Native Name | Thangka |
Object Number | 51-4-118 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Tibetan | Buddhist |
Provenience | Tibet |
Date Made | 19th Century |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Cloth | Pigment |
Technique | Painted |
Iconography | Vajrapani | Amitabha Buddha | Sakyamuni Buddha | Lake | Offering | Pearls | Tusks |
Description | Painting. Vajrapani Krodha, with two smaller prepresentations of him. Top: Amitabha and Sakyamuni Buddhas. On the lotus rising from the lake, a suppliant(artist or patron). Offering of 'pearls' and tusks below. The red-background fabric at sides and bottom is usually described as 'Indian printed cloth', but here are purely Chinese motifs. The back has multiple inscriptions. |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Robert R. Service, 1951 |
Other Number | 28-CC - Other Number |
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