Native Name | Thangka |
Object Number | 51-41-8 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Nepalese | Tibetan | Tibetan Buddhism | Red Lama Sect | Buddhist |
Provenience | South Tibet |
Date Made | 15th Century - 16th Century |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Silk | Pigment |
Technique | Painted |
Iconography | Padmasambhava | Buddha | Brahma | Sakyamuni Buddha | Padmapani | Vajrasattva | Amitayus Buddha | Vajrapani | mGompo | Demons | Donor |
Description | Nepalese Mandala of Vajrasattva or Vajrapani. Red Lama painting: shows Padmasambhava with his two wives in the upper left. 18 disciples of Buddha continue on top line and scatter throughout. Brahma, upper left. Sakyamuni Buddha upper right. Padmapani and Vajrasattva, lower left. Amitayus and Vajrapani, lower right. mGompo demons, lower right. Newari donor, lower left. Mandala of the Four Great Kings of the Four Directions from the Parishodhana Tantra and mandala set. This painting belongs to a set of twelve compositions. (No other compositions from the set are currently known). Cover of tie dye silk. |
Credit Line | Gift of Schuyler V. R. Cammann, 1951 |
Other Number | 6-1959-1 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number |
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