Thangka

51-4-135

From: Tibet

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Native Name Thangka
Object Number 51-4-135
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tibetan | Buddhist | Ningmapa Sect
Provenience Tibet
Date Made 19th Century
Section Asian
Materials Pigment | Silk
Technique Painted
Iconography Amitabha Buddha | Amitayus Buddha | Avalokitesvara | Padmasambhava | Yidam
Description

Painting. Unidentified Yidam pair (possibly Amitayus/Amitabha Buddha or a form of Avalokitesvara who is also shown in red (Nepalese fashion) above main figures). Padmasambhava and other Red Lama figures indicate that this is probably a banner of the little known Ningma-pa Sect, the Old Red Sect, and hence a rarity.

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Robert R. Service, 1951
Other Number 28-V - Other Number

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