Thangka

51-4-136

From: Tibet

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Native Name Thangka
Object Number 51-4-136
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tibetan | Buddhist
Provenience Tibet
Date Made 19th Century
Section Asian
Technique Painted
Iconography Sakyamuni Buddha | Monks | Buddha of the Past | Buddha of the Future | Disciples | Musicians | Luohan
Description

Painting. Sakyamuni Buddha with the two principal students, Sixteen Elders, Two Attendants and four Guardian Kings. Sakyamuni on a throne of glory, attended by two of his monk disciples, and two monk-musicians (intended to represent living people?) and the 18 luohans. In the upper corners the Buddhas of the past and future. Very interesting for its complete iconography. A representative Tibetan work.

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

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