Thangka

[Thangka with respect to the statue of Buddha’s mother]

Thangka with respect to the statue of Buddha’s mother, painted in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, is 61.2 cm in the vertical direction and 45 cm in the horizontal direction. The old collection of the Qing Palace
The Buddha mother is kind, has three heads and eight arms, and sits on the lotus seat with folded hands. Wearing a five-leaf lotus wreath, wearing a solemn heavenly dress and wreaths, and wearing earrings, collars, bracelets, bracelets, anklets, etc. With four arms on the left and four on the right, one hand gives the vow seal, the other holds four vajra pestles, the other holds an arrow, and the other holds the Buddha; With four left hands, one hand flexes the thumb, and the palm is raised to make the impression of the Vajra dance Bodhisattva. One hand holds the bow, the other holds the vase, and the other holds the Vajra rope. The seat is decorated with sea water pearls. The upper part of the picture is decorated with sun, moon and auspicious clouds. The four sides of the painting are inlaid with brocade and white rope, and the back is lined with yellow silk
This picture is based on blue satin, which is cut into various kinds of silk pieces by red, pink, yellow, apricot yellow, dark green, dark blue, light blue, moon white and lake satin according to the pattern of the painting, and pasted into a solemn and solemn image of the Buddha Mother. The pile of damask is slightly embroidered, and the color is fresh and elegant between the shades. Its exquisite craftsmanship can be regarded as the representative work of the Qianlong period
The back of the axis of the statue of the Buddha’s mother of honor is nailed with white silk, and the Chinese characters are written in ink in four characters, namely, Han, Manchu, Mongolian and Tibetan. The Chinese characters are as follows: “On the third day of February 26 of Qianlong’s reign, the emperor ordered Zhangjia Tuktu to recognize the axis of the Buddha’s mother of honor, such as various colors of satin pile silk, which is known as Namur Karma, the Qing Dynasty is called Jueyu bird Moshiet Ekhermo Fujahi, and Mongolia is called Wuchnikemei Yingya.”