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Tangka

probably 19th century (made)
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Tangka, depicting figure of Tsongkapa surrounded by deities & monks. Along the top are the Buddhas of the Three Times (?), perhaps also representing Body, Speech and Mind as they seem to have the mantra Om, Ah, Hum painted on them indistinctly; on each side of the central figure's head are (left) Sang-dui and (right) Samvara; below these are Tsongkapa's two chief disciples and below them, along the bottom (from left to right) Lha-mo, Yama, Mahakara, Vaisravana, and a mounted figure. Below the central figure are (left) Avalokitesvara, Vajrabhairava (centre) and (right) Vajrapani (he holds a vajra in his right hand. On the back there is an impression from a wood block, in pink ink, of two un-identified figures surrounded by flames.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Gouache on prepared cotton ground
Brief description
Tangka depicting Tsongkapa & Buddhas Bodhisattvas & monks, gouache on prepared cotton ground, Tibet, probably 19th century
Physical description
Tangka, depicting figure of Tsongkapa surrounded by deities & monks. Along the top are the Buddhas of the Three Times (?), perhaps also representing Body, Speech and Mind as they seem to have the mantra Om, Ah, Hum painted on them indistinctly; on each side of the central figure's head are (left) Sang-dui and (right) Samvara; below these are Tsongkapa's two chief disciples and below them, along the bottom (from left to right) Lha-mo, Yama, Mahakara, Vaisravana, and a mounted figure. Below the central figure are (left) Avalokitesvara, Vajrabhairava (centre) and (right) Vajrapani (he holds a vajra in his right hand. On the back there is an impression from a wood block, in pink ink, of two un-identified figures surrounded by flames.
Dimensions
  • Painting height: 26.4cm
  • Painting width: 20.3cm
  • Sight area height: 26.1cm
  • Sight area width: 19.8cm
  • Frame height: 27.2cm
  • Frame width: 21.0cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss Charlotte Alison Shaw
Object history
Registered File number 1976/2286.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
IS.57-1977

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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