A THANGKA OF GREEN TARA IN HER PURE LAND


TIBET, 19TH CENTURYDistemper on cloth; with original silk mounts.
Himalayan Art Resources item no.61944 Image: 26 x 19 1/4 in. (63.5 x 48.8 cm);With silks: 47 x 28 in. (119 x 71 cm)
|西藏 十九世紀 綠度母居淨土唐卡 The thangka depicts Green Tara at the center of her palace in the Sandalwood Forest, Tara's Pure Land paradise. She bestows the gestures of teaching and wish-granting, flanked by yellow Marichi and blue-black Ekajati. Celestial musicians and dancers perform in the foreground. Her paradise has a warm and harmonious feel. Another 19th-century thankga of the same subject is held in the Rubin Museum of Art, New York (F1996.32.5; HAR542). A third was sold at Bonhams, London, 11 May 2017, lot 28. Provenance Private Charlottesville Collection Thence by descent