Hand-Painted Thangka of 1000 Buddhas Motif
A thangka is a traditional Tibetan painting depicting Buddhist deities, mantras or mandalas. This thangka was hand painted by a Tamang artisan from the Lama family in Himachal Pradesh, in the Himalayan region of Northern India. The Tamangs (རྟ་དམག་/तामाङ), originate from Nepal and speak a Tibeto-Burman language that shares much of its vocabulary with Tibetan. The Lama family are Tibetan Buddhists and regularly seek audience with His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama in McLeodganj, Dharamsala, or visit the Tibetan Buddhist stupas of Swayambhunath and Boudhanath in Kathmandu.
This thangka depicts Shakyamuni Buddha (སངས་རྒྱས་ཤཱཀྱ་ཐུབ་པ་) in the centre, whose right hand is shown touching the ground, calling the earth to witness the moment of his enlightenment, an event that took place under the bodhi tree at Bodhgaya. He is surrounded by many small Buddhas, creating the feel of the 1000 Buddha motif.
The image itself measures approximately 103cm high and 75cm wide with approximately 2cm+ of painted burgundy border around the image in addition to this (please note, these edges are traditionally used to test colours, and may still have traces of this on show, left as part of the making process) . All thangkas are painted onto cotton canvas. This painting took between 10-12 weeks to paint, was made slowly in a family-owned workshop, made with love in the high-altitude tranquil mists of Himachal Pradesh.
Please note this thangka uses metallic gold paint, not 24 carat gold.
Thangkas sold by Jordan Quill are ethically sourced from the Lama family, who have been thangka painters for many generations. They now Live between McLeodganj, India, to be close to the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people, and Kathmandu, Nepal. Steeped in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, these paintings are made with the love, care, and attention of this incredible family.
In working closely with this family of Tibetan Thangka painters, Jordan Quill hopes to encourage the continuation of this traditional artform for the next generation, as well as the use of high-quality materials and techniques.
Please note, this thangka is supplied unframed, any mount shown in the images is for illustrative purposes only and is not supplied owing to postage.
A thangka is a traditional Tibetan painting depicting Buddhist deities, mantras or mandalas. This thangka was hand painted by a Tamang artisan from the Lama family in Himachal Pradesh, in the Himalayan region of Northern India. The Tamangs (རྟ་དམག་/तामाङ), originate from Nepal and speak a Tibeto-Burman language that shares much of its vocabulary with Tibetan. The Lama family are Tibetan Buddhists and regularly seek audience with His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama in McLeodganj, Dharamsala, or visit the Tibetan Buddhist stupas of Swayambhunath and Boudhanath in Kathmandu.
This thangka depicts Shakyamuni Buddha (སངས་རྒྱས་ཤཱཀྱ་ཐུབ་པ་) in the centre, whose right hand is shown touching the ground, calling the earth to witness the moment of his enlightenment, an event that took place under the bodhi tree at Bodhgaya. He is surrounded by many small Buddhas, creating the feel of the 1000 Buddha motif.
The image itself measures approximately 103cm high and 75cm wide with approximately 2cm+ of painted burgundy border around the image in addition to this (please note, these edges are traditionally used to test colours, and may still have traces of this on show, left as part of the making process) . All thangkas are painted onto cotton canvas. This painting took between 10-12 weeks to paint, was made slowly in a family-owned workshop, made with love in the high-altitude tranquil mists of Himachal Pradesh.
Please note this thangka uses metallic gold paint, not 24 carat gold.
Thangkas sold by Jordan Quill are ethically sourced from the Lama family, who have been thangka painters for many generations. They now Live between McLeodganj, India, to be close to the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people, and Kathmandu, Nepal. Steeped in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, these paintings are made with the love, care, and attention of this incredible family.
In working closely with this family of Tibetan Thangka painters, Jordan Quill hopes to encourage the continuation of this traditional artform for the next generation, as well as the use of high-quality materials and techniques.
Please note, this thangka is supplied unframed, any mount shown in the images is for illustrative purposes only and is not supplied owing to postage.
A thangka is a traditional Tibetan painting depicting Buddhist deities, mantras or mandalas. This thangka was hand painted by a Tamang artisan from the Lama family in Himachal Pradesh, in the Himalayan region of Northern India. The Tamangs (རྟ་དམག་/तामाङ), originate from Nepal and speak a Tibeto-Burman language that shares much of its vocabulary with Tibetan. The Lama family are Tibetan Buddhists and regularly seek audience with His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama in McLeodganj, Dharamsala, or visit the Tibetan Buddhist stupas of Swayambhunath and Boudhanath in Kathmandu.
This thangka depicts Shakyamuni Buddha (སངས་རྒྱས་ཤཱཀྱ་ཐུབ་པ་) in the centre, whose right hand is shown touching the ground, calling the earth to witness the moment of his enlightenment, an event that took place under the bodhi tree at Bodhgaya. He is surrounded by many small Buddhas, creating the feel of the 1000 Buddha motif.
The image itself measures approximately 103cm high and 75cm wide with approximately 2cm+ of painted burgundy border around the image in addition to this (please note, these edges are traditionally used to test colours, and may still have traces of this on show, left as part of the making process) . All thangkas are painted onto cotton canvas. This painting took between 10-12 weeks to paint, was made slowly in a family-owned workshop, made with love in the high-altitude tranquil mists of Himachal Pradesh.
Please note this thangka uses metallic gold paint, not 24 carat gold.
Thangkas sold by Jordan Quill are ethically sourced from the Lama family, who have been thangka painters for many generations. They now Live between McLeodganj, India, to be close to the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people, and Kathmandu, Nepal. Steeped in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, these paintings are made with the love, care, and attention of this incredible family.
In working closely with this family of Tibetan Thangka painters, Jordan Quill hopes to encourage the continuation of this traditional artform for the next generation, as well as the use of high-quality materials and techniques.
Please note, this thangka is supplied unframed, any mount shown in the images is for illustrative purposes only and is not supplied owing to postage.
