Thangka
| Native Name | Thangka |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 51-4-123 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Tibetan Buddhist |
| Provenience: | East Tibet |
| Date Made: | 19th Century |
| Early Date: | 1800 |
| Late Date: | 1899 |
| Section: | Asian |
| Technique: | Painted |
| Iconography: | Tara Green Tara Avalokitesvara Amitabha Buddha Padmasambhava Kubera Lion Offerings Jewels |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Mrs. Robert R. Service, 1951 |
| Other Number: | 28 - Other Number |
Description
Painting. Green Tara and the Twenty-one Taras according to the tradition of Jowo Atisha. Green Tara, with twenty smaller representations of her (usually the latter have different colors and different forms). Above 4-armed Avalokitesvara, Amitabha, Padmasambhava. Bottom: Kubera on his lion and offerings of precious jewels. Good East Tibetan painting.
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