thangka

Coloured scroll painting on dark blue textile with metal and wooden attachments. Central painted section depicts figure (Buddha or boddhissatva?) riding on a white horse in the sky surrounded by clouds. The figure is wearing armour, a helmet and a sword. Many kinds of animals in the lower world: dogs, birds, fishes, some maybe imaginary creatures. Armour and offering containers towards the bottom of the picture, waterfall and river in bottom left. Female figure wearing a crown of animals on her head in the right (perhaps in the upper world?). Two white deer in a mountain on the left. Bird in dark blue sky top left. Wooden bars top and bottom, and silk cover. 760h x 610w.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
nn17978
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 760 mm x 610 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
metal; wood; silk; cotton; paint
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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