Thang-Ka (Tanka); Tempera, gilt on gauze; silk brocade border [389]
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18th
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en_US
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Buddha with 110 subordinate Buddhas seated in stylized cloud forms.
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Lamaist banner or temple hanging; tempera and gilt on gauze sized with chalk and glue; figure of gold Sakyamuni Buddha seated in Dhyana Asana on lotus dais with legs folded and hands clasping an alms bowl containing flowers; centered below are sacrificial offerings of bowls of fruit while trailing foliage pervades background areas throughout, all issuing from a white peony cresting the principal nimbus; flanked on all sides by symmetrical rows of red taras repeatedly represented in the same Mudra but variously crowned by white, green or blue nimbi; in all a total of 110 subordinate Buddhas in groups separated by stylized cloud forms. Retains old, faded, silk brocade banner mountings and inner borders; cropped to fit in frame of dark blue painted cove molding with gilded edges.
Sino-Tibetan (18th Century)
Lamaist banner or temple hanging; tempera and gilt on gauze sized with chalk and glue; figure of gold Sakyamuni Buddha seated in Dhyana Asana on lotus dais with legs folded and hands clasping an alms bowl containing flowers; centered below are sacrificial offerings of bowls of fruit while trailing foliage pervades background areas throughout, all issuing from a white peony cresting the principal nimbus; flanked on all sides by symmetrical rows of red taras repeatedly represented in the same Mudra but variously crowned by white, green or blue nimbi; in all a total of 110 subordinate Buddhas in groups separated by stylized cloud forms. Retains old, faded, silk brocade banner mountings and inner borders; cropped to fit in frame of dark blue painted cove molding with gilded edges.
Sino-Tibetan (18th Century)
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Kalamazoo College
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