Caption

Banner with depictions of various offerings in honor of one of the 84 mahasiddhas, Manibhadra; Tibetan Buddhist art; Tibetan, Mongolian; inscriptions; vajras, shells, gems, offerings; graphic; 1st half of the 20th century; Mongolia; height 32.0 cm, width 54.0 cm, A horizontal rectangular cloth with a worn beige background contains a central framed panel outlined in faded red and dark lines, filled with dense dark script around its border. Inside the panel, a symmetrical arrangement of decorative objects and stylized animals is depicted, including a central ornate bowl or vessel with flame-like red and purple elements, flanked by a few smaller vessels in muted gold and purple tones. Two mirror-image reclining animals in pale beige with darker outlines and red accents face inward toward trays of round purple and red objects. Scattered around the central composition are several smaller ornament-like shapes in purple, red, and gold, plus a few cloud- or floral-shaped motifs in gray and blue. The cloth edges are frayed and the surface shows creases and discoloration in brown and yellowish tones.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A40_277

License type

Rights managed

Available size

64.7Mb (7.2Mb) / 20.0in x 12.6in / 6000 x 3767 (300dpi)

Keywords

Banner depictions various offerings honor 84 mahasiddhas Manibhadra Tibetan Buddhist art Tibetan Mongolian inscriptions vajras shells gems offerings graphic 1st half 20th century Mongolia height 32.0 cm width 54.0 cm horizontal rectangular cloth worn beige background contains central framed panel outlined faded red dark lines filled dense dark script border Inside panel symmetrical arrangement decorative objects stylized animals depicted central ornate bowl vessel flame- red purple elements flanked smaller vessels muted gold purple tones Two mirror-image reclining animals pale beige darker outlines red accents face inward trays round purple red objects Scattered central composition several smaller ornament- shapes purple gold plus cloud- floral-shaped motifs gray blue cloth edges frayed surface creases discoloration brown yellowish tones.