Hand-Painted Thangka of the Buddha Shakyamuni (སངས་རྒྱས་ཤཱཀྱ་ཐུབ་པ་), with 24 carat gold, commissioned exclusively for Jordan Quill
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.
Hand drawn and painted with minute detail, this exceptional thangka was commissioned from the Lama family exclusively for Jordan Quill. Its colour palette is derived from careful observation of antique and historical thangka seen in monasteries and museums in India, Nepal and beyond. 24 carat gold has been applied in fine detail, which can only be fully appreciated when seeing the painting in person. The use of genuine gold is unique in its ability to brightly reflect light, elevating the painting and giving it additional material value beyond its artistic characteristics, making it worth the investment. Thangkas of this quality, traditional colour palette, use of real gold, and in this smaller size are not available generally to tourists and are offered here as the result of many years of collaboration and friendship with a specific family of painters.
This thangka depicts Shakyamuni Buddha (སངས་རྒྱས་ཤཱཀྱ་ཐུབ་པ་), 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.
The image itself measures approximately 25.5cm high and 20.5cm 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 4-6 weeks to paint, was made slowly in a family-owned workshop, made with love in the high-altitude tranquil mists of Himachal Pradesh.
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 His Holiness 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. Your purchase of a specially commissioned thangka will specifically help to fund the painting of future thangkas along similar lines.
Please note, this thangka is supplied unframed and will be shipped rolled in a cardboard tube.
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.
Hand drawn and painted with minute detail, this exceptional thangka was commissioned from the Lama family exclusively for Jordan Quill. Its colour palette is derived from careful observation of antique and historical thangka seen in monasteries and museums in India, Nepal and beyond. 24 carat gold has been applied in fine detail, which can only be fully appreciated when seeing the painting in person. The use of genuine gold is unique in its ability to brightly reflect light, elevating the painting and giving it additional material value beyond its artistic characteristics, making it worth the investment. Thangkas of this quality, traditional colour palette, use of real gold, and in this smaller size are not available generally to tourists and are offered here as the result of many years of collaboration and friendship with a specific family of painters.
This thangka depicts Shakyamuni Buddha (སངས་རྒྱས་ཤཱཀྱ་ཐུབ་པ་), 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.
The image itself measures approximately 25.5cm high and 20.5cm 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 4-6 weeks to paint, was made slowly in a family-owned workshop, made with love in the high-altitude tranquil mists of Himachal Pradesh.
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 His Holiness 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. Your purchase of a specially commissioned thangka will specifically help to fund the painting of future thangkas along similar lines.
Please note, this thangka is supplied unframed and will be shipped rolled in a cardboard tube.
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.
Hand drawn and painted with minute detail, this exceptional thangka was commissioned from the Lama family exclusively for Jordan Quill. Its colour palette is derived from careful observation of antique and historical thangka seen in monasteries and museums in India, Nepal and beyond. 24 carat gold has been applied in fine detail, which can only be fully appreciated when seeing the painting in person. The use of genuine gold is unique in its ability to brightly reflect light, elevating the painting and giving it additional material value beyond its artistic characteristics, making it worth the investment. Thangkas of this quality, traditional colour palette, use of real gold, and in this smaller size are not available generally to tourists and are offered here as the result of many years of collaboration and friendship with a specific family of painters.
This thangka depicts Shakyamuni Buddha (སངས་རྒྱས་ཤཱཀྱ་ཐུབ་པ་), 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.
The image itself measures approximately 25.5cm high and 20.5cm 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 4-6 weeks to paint, was made slowly in a family-owned workshop, made with love in the high-altitude tranquil mists of Himachal Pradesh.
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 His Holiness 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. Your purchase of a specially commissioned thangka will specifically help to fund the painting of future thangkas along similar lines.
Please note, this thangka is supplied unframed and will be shipped rolled in a cardboard tube.
