Painting Item Number: 832/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Hanging textile Thangka painting. The imagery shows the Vajrayoginī/Vajravāhārī Mandala, multiple-armed figures arranged like a six-pointed star, with an eight-petalled flower at the centre. All in polychrome on a green background. The scene is bordered all the way around with a patterned orange-red, orange-yellow, and brown fabric. The painting has a plain orange-yellow silk cover. The top has a flat hanging rod with orange-red ribbons, and a light orange loop.
History Of Use
A thangka is a Tibetan Buddhist painting, usually depicting a Buddhist deity, scene, or mandala. Thangka serve as important teaching tools, depicting the life of the Buddha, various influential lamas and other deities and bodhisattvas.
Iconographic Meaning
The Vajrayoginī/Vajravāhārī Mandala is popular in different Tibetan Buddhist schools, in particular, the Karma Kagyü. The inscription on the reverse reads, in Tibetan, Om Ah Hum.
Item History
- Made in Nepal ?
- Owned by Silver Moon Trading Co. before October 21, 1982
- Received from Silver Moon Trading Co. (Seller) and Unknown (Funding source) on October 21, 1982
What
- Name
- Painting
- Identification Number
- 832/1
- Type of Item
- painting
- Overall
- height 97.0 cm, width 68.0 cm, depth 1.2 cm
Who
- Culture
- Tibetan ?
- Previous Owner
- Silver Moon Trading Co.
- Received from
- Silver Moon Trading Co. (Seller) and Unknown (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Nepal ?
When
- Ownership Date
- before October 21, 1982
- Acquisition Date
- on October 21, 1982
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles; paintings
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0832/0001