Chinese Thangka

Chinese painting - Thangka

- This is a Chinese Thangka bought in Tibet.
- A thangka is a painting on silk with embroidery, usually depicting a Buddhist deity, scene, or mandala of some sort. The thankga is not a flat creation like an oil painting or acrylic painting but consists of a picture panel which is painted or embroidered over which a textile is mounted and then over which is laid a cover, usually silk. It is sometimes called a scroll-painting.
- The Mandala and the Thangkas belong to the ancient tradition of Buddhism.
- This thangka is painted on a brocade, its about the life of Buddha.
- We generally found Thangkas in temples.
- The monks used Thangka in order to meditate.
- A thangka is a Tibetan painting use by the Tibetan Monk.
- This thangka is recent, but it comes from a real temple so this is not a reproduction.
- This thangka is painted by hand (Buddha, Shiva).