Native Name | Thangka |
Object Number | 51-41-13B |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Tibetan | Buddhist |
Provenience | Tibet |
Date Made | 19th Century |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Silk | Pigment |
Technique | Painted |
Iconography | Maitreya | Bodhisattva |
Inscription Language | Tibetan Language |
Description | Thangka painting. Maitreya Bodhisattva. At the top are the Buddhas of the Five Families. In the lower composition are the Eight Great Bodhisattvas. Large central figure with gold skin in teaching mudra. 5 seated figures at top. 4 large and 4 small figures along the bottom. Mounted on silk with fine silk curtain. Frame around painting in yellow and orange with metallic thread. Wood with copper capped ends. Backing deteriorating. Top bar was covered in leather. Lengthy Lantza Nepalese inscription along the bottom front of the composition. Three character inscription on the back. |
Credit Line | Gift of Schuyler V. R. Cammann, 1951 |
Other Number | 41.064 - Other Number |
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