Traditional cloth scroll paintings (thangkas). Buchen thangkas are primarily narrative, visually telling / illustrating key scenes from edifying stories of saints and Deloks. Two thangkas
Common Title Padma Odbar: a narrative thangka illustrating the story of Padma Odbar late19th century
Scope & Content:
Image (Melong) size 610 x 450. Full mounted size 97- x 510mm. Age, over 100 years old. Well used object with substantial fading, some stains and some splits to the cloth. One Thangka The material is owned by Meme Padma Tandup. The older material has been handed down, the newer material has been...
Common Title Lingza Choskyit: a narrative thangka illustrating the story of Delok Lingza Choskyit and graphically illustrating the torments of hell. Late 19th century
Scope & Content:
Image (Melong) size 790 x 560 cm. Full mounted size 1235 x 730 mm. Age, perhaps 100 years old. Condition good some fading and stains. One Thangka The material is owned by Meme Padma Tandup. The older material has been handed down, the newer material has been purchased in the last fifteen years....