A statue of the future Buddha (Maitreya) [Early 18th century]
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A statue of the future Buddha (Maitreya). Jampa. བྱམས་པ་ (Wylie byams pa) or Lord Maitreya Jampé Gönpo བྱམས་པ་མགོན་པོ་ (Wylie byams pa'i mgon po). 10 x 16.5 cm . Creation dates: Early 18th century. Date suggested by current owner. Custodial history: An item owned by the family of Buchen Pema Ts...
Extent and format of original material: Six narrative thangkas. This Series contains the following 6 Files: EAP1016/1/2/1: A Tibetan Thangka (cloth scroll painting) [Late 19th century-Early 20th century] EAP1016/1/2/2: A Tibetan Thangka (cloth scroll painting) [Late 19th century-Early 20th cent...
A Tibetan Thangka (cloth scroll painting) ཐང་ཀ་ (Wylie thang ka) Size approx 74 x 108 cm (max) with image area (Melong) approx 63 x 83 cm (max). A very simple plain cloth surround with more recent repairs to the top section. Very substantial paint loss. Also creasing and substantial staining thr...
A Tibetan Thangka (cloth scroll painting) ཐང་ཀ་ (Wylie thang ka) Size approx 118 x 68 cm. A very simple patterned cloth surround. Substantial colour fading throughout and several holes and tears. Some paint loss.Very simple drawings of a small number of illustrative scenes. Central figure of Che...
A Tibetan Thangka (cloth scroll painting) ཐང་ཀ་ (Wylie thang ka) Size approx 101 x 64 cm with the image area (melong) size 52 x 39 cm. A very simple and plain cloth surround. Substantial staining and some paint loss and holes in the canvas due to substantial creasing. Central figure of Chenresig...
The monastic collection at Dolma Ling Nunnery [Mid 19th century-Early 21st century]
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The monastic collection at Dolma Ling Nunnery near Dharamsala, India. An archive of objects, texts and Lama Mani thangkas which includes some modern copies of much older thangkas in the collection. The precise provenance of the individual items in the collection is undocumented and unknown but i...
Extent and format of original material: Five objects. This Series contains the following 5 Files: EAP1016/3/1/1: A brass pointer [Late 19th century] EAP1016/3/1/2: A green, red and yellow hat [Mid 20th century] EAP1016/3/1/3: A photocopy of a letter of recommendation for Buchen Gyurme [Late 20t...
. Creation dates: The thangkas are almost always undated and without contact with the original owners, dates are necessarily approximate. Extent and format of original material: Fifteen Thangkas. This Series contains the following 15 Files: EAP1016/3/2/1: A narrative thangka illustrating the s...
A narrative thangka illustrating the story of Zukyi Nyima [Early 20th century]
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A narrative thangka illustrating the story of Zukyi Nyima གཟུགས་ཀྱི་ཉི་མ (Wylie gZugs kyi nyi ma). Size including the cloth surround 162 x 85.5cm. Width at bottom is 93cm. Image (melong) size 77.5 x 54cm. Central figure of Buddha Shakyamuni. Finely detailed and in very good condition overall wit...
A narrative thangka illustrating the story of Norzang [Late 19th century-Early 20th century]
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A narrative thangka illustrating the story of Norzang ནོར་བཟང (Wylie Nor bzang). Size including the cloth surround 134 x 81. Image (melong) size 69.5 x 54cm. Age 100-150 years. Finely detailed and with some paint loss, creasing and darkening of the overall image from use. Central figure of Buddh...
