Tibetan
Tangka with three Buddhas and many other people, circa 1700 AD.
For many centuries Tibet was a spiritual and religious leader in Asia.
Many countries like China, Japan, Mongolia, South-Eastern Russia, Thailand, Indonesia, etc. adopted Buddhism as a major religion.
Most of men in Tibet, instead of serving in the army, - served as monks.
Tibet did not need an
army, because it was respected as a motherland of Buddhism and protected by the
neighboring countries.
On this tangka, you can see that people around three
Buddhas have characteristic features of Tibetans with some relation to Chinese
customs.
Provenance: Central Tibet, Ngor Monastery(?), circa 1700,
Painting. Mineral pigments on cotton
cloth/canvas.
Names (all three the
same) of the sitting Buddhas are inscribed in Sanskrit, at the back of the
painting cloth.
Size:
35”
x 27” = 89 cm x 68.5 cm
Provenance: private collection in USA of American
citizen, who used to live in China in 20th century
$10,000-$20,000