Description
Thangka Avalokiteshvara
Hand-painted on canvas
Size: approx. 82 x 62 cm
Interior image size approx. 34 x 24 cm
Thanka
A (Buddhist) thangka, loosely translated as “something rollable”, or something “to roll”, is one painted with opaque colors
Cotton or silk fabric, often with elaborate bindings and sub-weaves.
As a rule, wooden struts are processed at the upper and lower edge, often with decorative buttons and two long ribbons.
Thangkas are used for Buddhist meditation. At home, when parading, but also in temples and processions.
Deities, lamas, buddhas, and bodhisattvas are usually depicted,
also the wheel of life or other symbols of Buddhism
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