THANGKA OF SAMANTHABADRA AND DEITIES

Tibet

19th century

Dimensions: Painting 68 cm x 54 cm

With textile frame 125 cm x 90 cm

Thanka with Samanthabadra and the peaceful and Wrathful Deities of the Bardeo Colors and gold on fabric. Mounted with Chinese silk. In the center of this Thangka,the Adi Buddha Samantabhadra is depicted in yab-yum. On a bright green background, in the lower half of the painting, we see the Peaceful Deities of the Bardo, while on the upper half,painted on a lapis lazuli blue background,the Wrathful Deities are shown. The brilliant lapis lazuli blue and malachite green as well as the striking orange colors are classic of the finest paintings of the late 18th and 19th century. The graphic rendering of the Wrathful Deities reveals the hand of a master painter.

Provenance:

collection Germany ( before 1975)

Published:

Detlef Ingo Lauf, Geheimlehren Tibetischer Totenbuecher

Jenseitswelten und Wandlung nach dem Tode

(Freiburg im Breisgau, 1975), Tafel 8.