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Green Tara Thangka Multiple Images Contemporary Catalogue: Popular Collectibles: Cultural: Chinese: Pre 2000 item# 551959 (stock# 20536a)
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There are twenty-one separate forms of Tara, but by far the most common are White Tara and Green Tara. The symbol of Green Tara is the blue water lily. She can be recognized in paintings by her green coloration, by her posture, and by the lack of the seven eyes accorded to White Tara. Both are considered the embodiment of good women and as compassionate protectors. All forms of Tara are considered to be Bodhisattvas. ...click for details

Mandala Thangka Contemporary Gold Number 2 Catalogue: Popular Collectibles: Cultural: Chinese: Contemporary item# 551817 (stock# 20538e)
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The mandala dominates the central portion of the thangka. Guru Rimpoche (Padmasambhava) sits on clouds at its top. On either side of him are lamas. The bottom of the thangka is inscribed with five lines of tiny Tibetan script. This thangka is unmounted and suitable for framing. Including the border it measures 18.5" by 19.5". This thangka is part of a series of meticulously rendered than ...click for details

Mandala Thangka Contemporary Gold Number 1 Catalogue: Popular Collectibles: Cultural: Chinese: Contemporary item# 551760 (stock# 20538d)
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Finely inscribed in Tibetan script on the top and the bottom corners, this thangka is composed of concentric circles. It could be viewed as the overhead view of a stupa, or simply as a circular mandala. The widest of the circles depicts a watery world full of boats and sea creatures. The detailing is particularly fine: even the unadorned gold corners are finally embossed. This thangka is unmounted and sui ...click for details

Buddha with Bowl Contemporary Gold Thangka Catalogue: Popular Collectibles: Cultural: Chinese: Contemporary item# 551674 (stock# 20536u)
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A large portrait of a contemplative Buddha dominates the central portion of this thangka. He is surrounded by an aureole of leaves and flowers intertwined with eight swirling dragons. Above all this is the smiling face of a kirtimukha. In the upper corners two seated Buddhas float in the sky. In front of his throne at the bottom of the thangka sits an elaborate Tibetan table holding vases of flowers and a tray of offerings protected by two ferocious snow lions. Standing female figures h ...click for details

Manjushree Thangka Gold Contemporary Catalogue: Popular Collectibles: Cultural: Chinese: Contemporary item# 551602 (stock# 20537c)
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108 small identical images of Manjushree surround the larger central image of Manjushree seated on a lotus throne. Manjushri is considered to be the oldest of the Bodhisattvas. He is particularly revered in Nepal, where he is regarded as the creator of the Kathmandu Valley. Legend has it that the Valley was covered with water until he cut away a portion of a hill with his sword and let the water drain from the lake, thus creating the valley. His sword is now considered to be the ...click for details

108 Buddhas Contemporary Gold Thangka Catalogue: Popular Collectibles: Cultural: Chinese: Contemporary item# 551591 (stock# 20537e)
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108 small identical Buddha images surround central image of Buddha Shakyamuni seated on a lotus throne with his right hand in the earth-touching mudra holding an alms bowl with his left. Elephants, lions, and deer flank him, and above are water monsters, mermaids, and Garuda. Two attendants stand below the throne on either side of a dharma wheel. This thangka is unmounted and suitable for framing. Including the ...click for details

Vajrasattva with Consort Contemporary Gold Thangka Catalogue: Popular Collectibles: Cultural: Chinese: Contemporary item# 551284 (stock# 20536s)
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Vajrasattva is one of the six Dhyani Buddhas. Here he is represented in yab-yum wit his consort. He is univerally depicted holding a bell in his left hand and a vajra in the right. The vajra is pressed toward his chest while the bell rests on his left leg. The vajra and bell are symbolic of compassion and wisdom as well as male and female. This thangka is unmounted and suitable for framing. Including the bord ...click for details

Contemporary Thangka in Gold: Chenrezi and Attendants Catalogue: Popular Collectibles: Cultural: Chinese: Contemporary item# 550731 (stock# 20536n)
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The Dalai Lama of Tibet is considered to be an incarnation of this form of Avalokitesvara, the Four-Armed Avalokitesvara. Called Chenrezi by the Tibetan, he is the Bodhisattva of compassion. He is the patron deity of Tibet and his practice was introduced into Tibet in the seventh century. He holds a wish-fulfilling jewel in two of his arms and Buddhist prayer beads in his second right hand and the flower of a lotus in his left. Seated on a lotus throne, he wears the crown of a Bodhisattva, l ...click for details

Contemporary Thangka in Gold: Milarepa Catalogue: Popular Collectibles: Cultural: Chinese: Contemporary item# 550696 (stock# 20536L)
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Milarepa is an historical figure from Tibet though also the subject of legend. He lived from 1040 to 1123. He is beloved in Tibet as a poet and as an ascetic. He is said to have worn nothing but cotton cloth even in the cold Tibetan winters. He is usually portrayed seated on a gazelle skin over a lotus seat with curly hair and dressed in monastic garments. He is usually depicted as here with his right hand ...click for details

Contemporary Thangka in Gold: Manjushri Catalogue: Popular Collectibles: Cultural: Chinese: Contemporary item# 550653 (stock# 20536k)
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Manjushri is considered to be the oldest of the Bodhisattvas. He is particularly revered in Nepal, where he is regarded as the creator of the Kathmandu Valley. Legend has it that the Valley was covered with water until he cut away a portion of a hill with his sword and let the water drain from the lake, thus creating the valley. His sword is now considered to be the implement for cutting through ignorance, and thus he is the Bodhisattva of wisdom and science. ...click for details

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