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A THANGKA OF SHADAKSHARI LOKESHVARA
TIBET, 19TH CENTURY
Distemper and gold on cloth; with cloth mounts.
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 1871
Image: 32 x 19 in. (81.3 x 48.3 cm);
With Silks: 35 x 24 ¼ in. (88.9 x 61.6 cm)

$10,000 - 15,000

西藏 十九世紀 四臂觀音唐卡

Shadakshari Lokeshvara is the personification of an essential Buddhist mantra, om
mani padme hum (‘Hail to the Jewel in the Lotus’), whose six syllables represent
the seeds of the six realms in the great cosmic wheel. This ubiquitous Sanskrit
mantra is thought to contain the essence of Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara as the
Lord of Compassion. The majority of the painting is taken up by an assembly of
201 four-armed deities whose mandorlas alternate in two separate sets of
colors. Such repeating compositions are generally designed to accrue merit by
a hundred-fold or, as in this case, by two hundred. Another painting of Shadakshari
that also shares this type of format is preserved in the Rubin Museum of Art,
New York (F1997.3.1; HAR 399).

Provenance
Acquired before 2008

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