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Thangka Wheel of Life
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Pre 1980 item# 383351 (stock#TCV002)
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$175
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A contemporary Tibetan cotton thangka of The Wheel of Life, using contemporary art materials. It is said that the Wheel of Life is the only image that the Buddha created himself by drawing it on the sand while explaining life's evolutionary process. The thanka depicts the figure of Yama, lord of death, holding the Wheel of Life. In the center of the wheel, a cock, a pig, and a snake spin round and round, signifying desire, delusion and hate, the three primary poisons that drive the unenligh ...click for details
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Big thangka Vajrapani 1930s
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Pre 1940 item# 324061 (stock#TCV001)
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$290
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This is a relatively big thangka of Vajrapani, probably done in eastern Tibet circa the 1930s. The painting is clean and very clear. In the center is dark blue Vajrapani, holding a vajra with his right hand and shaking his left forefinger in righteous anger. He is clothed in a tiger skin dhoti, and steps on two entwined snakes. He has three eyes and a five-skull crown, as is true of other protector and fierce deities. On top are two sitting lamas and in the midst is Garuda, the bird man. Below ...click for details
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