BUDDHIST THANGKAS
Selection of Buddhist thangkas, belonging to different European collections
42 predmeti
China
2006.02.0001; India
Für den Besuch von Lobsang Palden Yeshe (1738 – 1780), des sechsten Panchen Lama, beauftragte der Qianlong-Kaiser die Errichtung und Ausstattung des Xumi Fushou Tempels in Chengde, seiner Sommerresidenz nördlich von Beijing. Eine große Anzahl von Malereie…
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Bekesy-137; Thangka. Painting in colours on cloth. Central Mahakala, painted in blue and standing on an elephant, surrounded by different deities. Mounted in gold and silver brocade. 18th century. Tibet. 39 x 60 cm; China; …
Vajrayogini (Tibetan rDo-rje rNal-byor-ma) and her retinue. Scroll Painting (thangka), Tibet, 19th century.
painting alone.
TEMP-0611
Thanka; TEMP-0612
Tempelfana with painted middle section on cotton fabric - depiction of red monster on horse (Djamsering). Harvest of silk brocade with red, green, blue, pink flowers o swastikas. Rosa o yellow inner stretcher. Patch under painting with geom. patterns in g…
This thangka is formed by two scenes that are particular to the paintings of the Geluk Order, which, from the 16th century and guided by Dalai Lamas, occupied a central space in the government of Tibet. The left-hand part shows the paths of Buddhism, with…
Mandala of black and white Mahakalas. Distemper on linen, Tibet, 18-19th century. Thangka of the Black Dakini. A mandala with the Buddhist deity Mahakala in the centre: he is black and four handed, and holds a chopper in the right hand and a skull bowl in…
gYu-thog Yon-tan mgon-po, seated centre, founder of the New Medical School and a doctor. In the top centre is Buddha Sakyamuni appearing as the Medicine Buddha. The thangka portrays the coming of medicine to Tibet
The Medicine Buddha, Bhaishajyaguru, with his right hand in the earth-touching position. His left hand, in a meditation gesture, holds a lapis lazuli bowl containing three pieces of myrobalan fruit (a species of plum), considered to have medicinal propert…
Usnisavijaya, one of the three Long-Life Deities of longevity in Tibetan Buddhism, appears in the middle of the painting and is surrounded by one hundred smaller identical images with the usual attributes: three faces with three eyes indicating three mood…
Mandala of black and white Mahakalas. Distemper on linen, Tibet, 18-19th century. Thangka of the Black Dakini. A mandala with the Buddhist deity Mahakala in the centre: he is black and four handed, and holds a chopper in the right hand and a skull bowl in…