This cotton cloth mandala painted with yellow, red, green and white pigments with a blue background and red and yellow borders is of Tibetan or Nepalese origins. Beyond the mandala each corner is decorated with a crossed vajra (vishva-vajra). The four long cords extending from the corners indicate that the mandala was meant to hang from the ceiling and its relatively small size would indicate that it would have been used in a home over the family shrine.
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The statue can be identified as Amitayus by the vase of eternal life he is holding in his two hands. He is the Bodhisattva of eternal life, longevity, or the Buddha of the infinite. He is invoked for long life, health and happiness.
This is quite a large statue, measuring twelve inches in height and eight in width. Fully gilded, it was made in Nepal some thirty years ago and is an example of the fine work still ...click for details
A very traditional shoulder cloth, this is kind of rachu has been supplanted by more "modern" styles. The dimensions have changed little over the years from this one's measurements of 18.5 by 103 inches (including fringe).
Condition is good for its age, with a pleasing luster from wear. Some of the fringes have been lost.
There are twenty cards in this set of tsakli, all the same size, shape, theme and with the same calligraphy on the reverse side. For presenting it on
Trocadero we are dividing it into five groups of four cards each so that we can provide high resolution photographs of each card. To see the entire set go through this and the other four pages.
$25 is a very reasonable price for each card but if anyone wants to ...click for details
There are twenty cards in this set of tsakli, all the same size, shape, theme and with the same calligraphy on the reverse side. For presenting it on
Trocadero we are dividing it into five groups of four cards each so that we can provide high resolution photographs of each card. To see the entire set go through this and the other four pages.
$25 is a very reasonable price for each card but if anyone wants to ...click for details
There are twenty cards in this set of tsakli, all the same size, shape, theme and with the same calligraphy on the reverse side. For presenting it on
Trocadero we are dividing it into five groups of four cards each so that we can provide high resolution photographs of each card. To see the entire set go through this and the other four pages.
$25 is a very reasonable price for each card but if anyone wants to ...click for details
There are twenty cards in this set of tsakli, all the same size, shape, theme and with the same calligraphy on the reverse side. For presenting it on
Trocadero we are dividing it into five groups of four cards each so that we can provide high resolution photographs of each card. To see the entire set go through this and the other four pages.
$25 is a very reasonable price for each card but if anyone wants to ...click for details
There are twenty cards in this set of tsakli, all the same size, shape, theme and with the same calligraphy on the reverse side. For presenting it on
Trocadero we are dividing it into five groups of four cards each so that we can provide high resolution photographs of each card. To see the entire set go through this and the other four pages.
$25 is a very reasonable price for each card but if anyone wants to ...click for details
Long hangings like this are found through the Himalayas in Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan and Buddhist parts of India. They are used in the shrine rooms of smaller Buddhist gompas (monasteries). As a result they are often called "gompa thangkas". When a new one is donated to the monastery the old one sometimes finds its was onto the market. We purchased this one in Kathmandu several years ago but the seller could not tell us where the gompa was housed or even in which country. ...click for details
