Description
A THANGKA OF TSONGKHAPA, TIBET 19TH CENTURY
Neatly painted in fine detail with gouache and gold on linen, the back with six lines of Buddhist inscriptions and a signature. Tsongkhapa, flanked by lotus flowers supporting the sword and the book of wisdom, is surrounded by religious figures and deities such as the Green Tara, the blue-skinned Medicine Buddha or the wrathful Vajrapani.
Provenance: From a Hungarian private collector.
Condition: Minor losses and stains, overall good and original condition.
Dimensions: 27 x 21 cm
Tsongkhapa (1357–1419) is a revered Tibetan religious philosopher, and a central figure of the Gelugpa sect that ruled Tibet until the middle of the 20th century. According to tradition, he is an emanation of the Bodhisattva Manjusri, which is why we find the sword and the book of wisdom near him.
宗喀巴唐卡,西藏,十九世紀
亞麻布面水粉和金彩,細節精美,背面有六行佛教題字和簽名。宗喀巴兩側花朵環繞,花上有劍和智慧之書,四周圍繞宗教人物和神靈,例如綠度母,皮膚黝黑的藥師佛或威嚴的金剛手菩薩。
來源:匈牙利私人收藏
品相:輕微缺損,有污漬,整體良好,原始狀況。
尺寸:27 x 21 厘米