Thangka

51-4-138

From: Tibet

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Native Name Thangka | Mandala
Object Number 51-4-138
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tibetan | Buddhist
Provenience Tibet
Date Made 19th Century
Section Asian
Materials Pigment | Silk
Technique Painted
Iconography Bhaisajyaguru Buddha | Eight Buddhas of Medicine | Tsongkhapa | Dalai Lama? | Yamantaka | Mahakala | Yama | Yami
Description

Painting. Mandala of Bhaisajyaguru, Buddha of Medicine, in simplest form, showing Bhaisajyaguru surrounded by the 8 Buddhas of Medicine (one is himself repeated). Upper left: Tsongkhapa. Upper right: a Dalai Lama (?). Below: Yamantaka, Mahakala, and Yama with Yami.

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Robert R. Service, 1951
Other Number L-34 - Other Number

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