EXCELLENT! GIVER OF LIGHT AMITABHA BUDDHA THANGKA TIBET

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it is the pictorial objective of one’s own striving,symbol of a divine whole, facilitating awareness of the divine within oneself and, ultimately, realization of the deity from within one’s own self (Helmut Uhlig, Tantrische Kunst des Buddhismus, Ullstein 1981) Pure gold thangkas in tibetan thangka art are known as "Gser than"- translating into gold scroll! The gold work upon Sundra Lama is amongst the heaviest and most liberally used. Everything you see which glitters and shines represents Pure gold. I need not tell you how the price of gold is sky rocketing, making the creation of these thangkas to be extremely expensive. A feature of Sundra Lama are the individual faces on all subjects in the thangka and their proportions. He takes one full day alone to draw the facial expressions! To create the gold background of this scroll painting, powdered gold is mixed with glue and applied to the canvas. Only a small number of colors is used in this rare style of gold-background (Tib.: gser thang ) Thangka. The detail shown above contains glossy areas, which are a special feature of this type of scroll painting. The Thangka artist polishes the gold surface of the painting with a sharp, semiprecious stone to create symbols and shadings on the surface without using colours. It is very difficult to capture this effect in a photograph. To show these polished areas as well as possible, the photo shown above was taken at an oblique angle to the surface. To create the gold background, goldpowder mixed with glue is applied on the canvas. Only a few colors are used for the painting process. This thangka measures a LARGE (given that is it a pure gold thangka) 22 x 16 inches in size. Please understand, in traditional thangka art the artist does not take any merit for the work they create as it is a tribute to the dharma and the deity they create. it is only recent requests by many from the west that thangka art be signed by the artist. Few comply, others who are strictly traditional are not able to ad to this. Indeed the odd thangka might be signed but a majority will not be. Please do not fall prey to the misconception that a piece of thangka art is worth more when signed by the artist. WE DO OFFER HAVING THESE THANGKAS MOUNTED IN PURE TIBETAN STYLE SILK BROCADE READY FOR MOUNTING AND DISPLAY. A FIFTH GENERATION THANGKA BROCADE MASTER SHALL ACCENT THE BEAUTY OF THIS ALREADY MAJESTIC THANGKA FOR A SMALL FEE! OF COURSE, WE USE ONLY PURE SILK OF THE HIGHEST CLASS, NO POLYESTER OR CHINESE BROCADE USED :) The brocade frame of the Thangka also holds symbolic meaning. The inner frame of brocade (often red) can be thought of as a rainbow gateway beyond which lies the pure land inhabited by the deity the Thangka represents. Attached to the top of the frame is a rectangle of colored silk which is long enough to hang all the way down to the bottom of the painting. This acts as a cover for the Thangka and allows it to be 'put to sleep' when it is not in use, as well as acting as a protective dust cover to keep the painting safe when it is stored. This material we use is the highest grade traditional Tibetan motif brocade, t are a great deal of Chinese brocade symbols out t used with a blend of materials to create- what the Chinese sellers use known as” poly-silk:” but we utilize only the highest grade varanasi pure silk and classical Tibetan brocade to mount our thangkas . The finished painting is sewn within a brocade frame and finished with ribbons and silk to protect the image. It is important to understand that you will not find a single thangka in a monastery, or from my own experience, the home of dharma practitioner who uses the thangak for meditation aid displayed without silk brocade. It is of course your choice to have your thangka framed in the “western” style of framing with glass and wooden frame but this is not in accordance to instructions given in the Sadhnas for the final finishing and display of thangka art. <... read more

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