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Tangka - Thangka painting

Thangka painting

  • Object:

    Tangka

  • Place of origin:

    Tibet (made)

  • Date:

    early 19th century (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Gouache on cotton cloth

  • Museum number:

    IM.135-1926

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

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This scroll painting or tangka depicts the Fourth Panchen Lama (phonetic Tibetan: Ten pai niyma Chog les man gyal; transliterated Tibetan: bsTan p’ai ni ma Phyogs las man rgyal) (1781-1826). He is surrounded by scenes from his life. Above the Panchen Lama is shown his chief monastery at Tashilunpho. The institution of the Panchen Lama was created by the Fifth Dalai Lama (1617-1682), who declared his teacher Choki Gyaltsen (1570-1662) to be an incarnation of the Buddha Amitabha. Sucessive re-incarnations of Choki Gyaltsen have been recognised as Panchen Lamas. Panchen refers to the Indian word Pandita, or teacher.

Place of Origin

Tibet (made)

Date

early 19th century (made)

Artist/maker

unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Gouache on cotton cloth

Dimensions

Height: 87 cm, Width: 60 cm

Historical context note

Scroll painting or tangka depicting the Fourth Panchen Lama, Ten pai niyma Chog les man gyal (bsTan p'ai ni ma Pyogs las man rgyal) (1781-1826) surrounded by scenes from his life. Above him is shown Tashilunpho monastery, the chief seat of the Panchen Lamas in southern Tibet.

Descriptive line

Fourth Panchen Lama and Tashilunpho monastery, Tibet, 20th century

Materials

Cotton; Paint

Techniques

Painted

Categories

Buddhism

Collection code

SSEA

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