Thangka

51-4-126

From: Tibet

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Native Name Thangka
Object Number 51-4-126
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tibetan | Buddhist | Lamaism | Bonpa Sect
Provenience Tibet
Date Made 19th Century
Section Asian
Materials Pigment | Textile
Technique Painted
Iconography Mahakala | Bon Cosmology | Queen | King
Description

Painting. Bonpag (Black Lama) painting. Mahakala, Sadhu (Legden). The deities are not decipherable, as very little is known about this religion (but see description of 51-4-127). Bottom center: a plan of the Universe (Bon cosmology). Lower right: a Tibetan queen with her entourage and a row of distaffs. Lower left: a Tibetan king with his palace-fortress, and a row of arrows. Extremely interesting and very valuable. Practically unique in the Occident. Bottom center: a fragment of Chinese textile with human figures which may be very, very old.

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Robert R. Service, 1951
Other Number 28 - Other Number | 6-1959-6 - Other Number | CG94-1-115 - Found in Collection Number

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