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Thangka

Description

Thangka (painting) depicting Yum Chenmo, the four-armed personification of wisdom, carrying a book of Buddhist teachings and a dorje and making the teaching gesture, on calico with silk brocade mount: Tibet or Nepal, Tibetan, possibly 15th century AD

Museum reference

A.1905.227

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Thangka, Painting / goddess

Production information

Tibet Autonomous Region, China, East Asia
Nepal, South Asia

Date

15th century

Style / Culture

Tibetan

Materials

Cotton, Silk, Oil, Gold

Physical description

Oil colours and gold on calico; covers of silk and brocade

Associations

Depicted: Garuda
Depicted: Buddha
Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, East Asia

Exhibitions

Living Lands (29 Jul 2011)
National Museum of Scotland

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