Verois Vajra Thangka

[Willowa Vajra Thangka]

Willowa Vajra Thangka, 18th century, Tibet, cloth, color, 124 cm high, 68 cm wide, 65 cm vertical and 45 cm horizontal. The old collection of the Qing Palace
The blue body of David Vajra is painted in this picture, with four legs and eight arms. On the front is the head of an ox, with eyes on three sides, wide mouth and fangs, wearing a skull crown, hanging a human garland on the neck, and a flame backlight behind. Above the top, there is a yellow face of silence, which is the original image of Manjusri Bodhisattva. The eight arms of the Buddha are stretched out, with each holding a Dharma implement in his hand. The Buddha stands on the lotus platform on the left, and steps on the gods such as the Brahman, the Buddha and the Shura. The upper right corner of the Thangka is painted with the red Manjusri, the left is painted with the Master of Inheritance, and the white body is painted directly below the Lord
The main image of this Thangka picture is prominent, and the paintings of cold forest, skull offering, etc. in the background fill the void, and the composition is flexible and full, reflecting the painting style of Houzang. On the back, there is a white damask sign and a four-body inscription in Han, Manchu, Mongolian and Tibetan characters written in ink. The Chinese text reads: “On the seventh day of August in the forty-fifth year of Qianlong’s reign, Panchen Erdeni went into Danshuk to offer sacrifices to the benefit of the portrait of Virova Vajra in Yangti, second from the left.”

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