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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