Weigh the Thangka of Avalokitesvara

[Weighing the Thangka of Avalokitesvara in the Three Realms]

Weighing the Thangka of Avalokitesvara in the Three Realms, 18th century, Tibet, cloth, color, 110 cm high, 77 cm wide, 66 cm vertical and 45 cm horizontal. The old collection of the Qing Palace
The Tibetan name of this Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva is “Quan Heng Sanjie Avalokitesvara”. Avalokitesvara, with a red body, a crown on his head, a topless body, a diamond rope in his right hand, and a hook in his left hand, sits on the throne of the sun lotus with a cross. The upper bound is the Infinite Light and Dong Biheirujia, and the lower bound is the Red-faced Heartless King
On the back of the portrait, there is a white silk label with a four-body inscription in Han, Manchu, Mongolian and Tibetan characters. The Chinese text is: “On the seventh day of August, the forty-fifth year of Qianlong’s reign, Panchen Erdeni went to Danshuk to worship the benefit portrait of Avalokitesvara. The first on the left”. This hall of Avalokitesvara Thangka is composed of 9 axes and is now fully preserved. Each god in the picture has a Tibetan name under it, and the time and location are marked on the white silk label on the back.