Thangka

Mandala

51-41-8

From: South Tibet

Curatorial Section: Asian

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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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