T'angka painting

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Tibet (made)

Tangka painting of peaceful deities of the Chonid Bardo, the third stage of the Bardo as given in the Baredo Thodol. Showing Vajrasattva in the centre with a green halo and blue and light orange mandorla. Samantabhadra at the top in dark blue and holds a white sakti. He has ayellow halo and a pale mauve mandorla. The lotus throne is held by a white lion with greeen mane. Thge other deities are Amitabha, Amogha-Siddhi, Vairocana, Vajrasattva, Ratnasambhava, Virachara, Sakyamuni, Shata-kratu, Dharmaraja. The door guardians are Yamantaka and Hayagriva.

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Categories	Paintings Buddhism Religion India Museum
Object type	Tangka
Title	T'angka painting (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Gouache painting on cloth
Brief description	Tangka, Peaceful deities of Bardo; Buddhism, Tibet, C18
Physical description	Tangka painting of peaceful deities of the Chonid Bardo, the third stage of the Bardo as given in the Baredo Thodol. Showing Vajrasattva in the centre with a green halo and blue and light orange mandorla. Samantabhadra at the top in dark blue and holds a white sakti. He has ayellow halo and a pale mauve mandorla. The lotus throne is held by a white lion with greeen mane. Thge other deities are Amitabha, Amogha-Siddhi, Vairocana, Vajrasattva, Ratnasambhava, Virachara, Sakyamuni, Shata-kratu, Dharmaraja. The door guardians are Yamantaka and Hayagriva.
Dimensions	Height: 65cm Width: 46cm
Bibliographic references	A.K.Gordon: Tibetan Religious Art. P.H.Pott: Burma, Korea and Tibet pl.30. Tibetan art / John Lowry. London: H. M. Stationery Office, 1973 p. 69, cat. no. 29
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	05319(IS)

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Record created	June 25, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O456042/tangka-painting-tangka/

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