thangka

Dorjmintev, painted cloth, wood. Dorjmintev (Akshobhya), Buddha with gold skin, high top knot and usnisa, high red robe with right shoulder exposed, seated in lotus posture, earth touching with right hand, holding upright vajra in left hand on lap (vajrasana) on lotus throne with multicoloured nimbus and halo; surrounded by thirteen figures: three lamas above, eight Buddhas around, with the eight symbols, two standing figures before, with offerings.
“The Unshakeable One, Buddha of Consciousness” (Nugent).
Beige, red-gold and yellow-red borders on a red-blue cloth mount and rollers.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
1980.297
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 863.6 x 571.5 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
cloth; wood; pigment; brass; synthetic fibre
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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