MASTERPIECE!! EXCEPTIONAL SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA THANGKA

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MASTERPIECE!! EXCEPTIONAL SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA THANGKA

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Sold Date: 11/17/2006
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Ethnic, Folk & Native American Art

On many occasions we get asked if our works are prints given their high quality and detail like no other offered. So, just for the record J This thangka is a 100% original hand painted with real stone paint on canvas adorned with pure 24k gold!

We have had the honor of being allowing our collection and co-op to include some select works of Ram Bhadur Lama. For those of you who are familiar withsome of the best regional thangka artits in the himalayan region his name would not be much of a surprise to you. I have decided to list this beautiful Shakyamuni Buddha as I simply could not resist it!. It takes months on end to obtain pieces by Ram Bhadur lama because he is flooded with commission orders from across the world! Surely, it is very easy to see why, just have a look at this Shakyamuni Buddha thangka it has to be the most smoothest piece one would possibly come across. He has a trademark in using the most harmonic blend of colors and the pallette of colors he employs for his masterpieces make him one of the most affordable master thangka artists in the himalayan region!

THIS IS AN EVEN LAGER PIECE THAN HIS OTHER AND MEASURES A HUGE 25 INCHES BY 17 INCHES WIDE! THE DETAIL AND WORK IS INCREDIBLE!

I AM THE ONLY SELLER TO ACTUALLY 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 O 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 :)

I doubt you shall ever see a Shakyamuni Buddha done in such wonderful beauty, I am particularly fond of the colors used in this piece with springing energy across the canvas! Aside form the obvious beauty of Shakyamuni BUddha please take notice of the more subtle things that make this a truly masterful piece

Unlike the atrocious "antique" thangkas that the Chinese power sellers on Ebay litter across this website from their "faketories" which claim that their works are valued at $2,000-$3000 yet have absolutely no reserve price or start bid price. Rather this thangka is a contemporary piece made in accordance with the strict tradition of Thangka making which takes months to complete intricately detailed works of caliber.DON'T BE DUPED BY POOR QUALITY, 5 FEET, CHINESE IMIATATIONS!

A SIMPLE EXERCISE-LOOK AT THE CLOSE-UPS OF ALL THE THANGKAS WHICH I OFFER AND THE AND COMPARE THE DETAIL, CLARITY, COLORS AND ICONOGRAPHY DEPICTED BY THE GLUT OF CHINESE THANGKAS ON SALE. akayamuni Buddha was born about 2549 years ago in Lumbini, Nepal. He was known as Siddhartha Gautama, a prince and son of King Suddhodana and Queen Mayadevi. At the age of 29, he renounced the luxury of his royal heritage to take up the life of a religious wanderer. He submitted himself to rigorous and extreme ascetic practices, putting forth a superhuman struggle for six strenuous years. At the age of 35, after gaining profound insight into the true nature of reality (Dharma), he attained complete enlightenment.

For the remainder of his life, living as the perfect embodiment of all the virtues he preached, the Buddha ('Awakened One') traveled widely teaching the Dharma. He offered his teachings to men, women, and children from all walks of life so they could also end suffering and attain awakening. The Buddha Sakyamuni, at the moment of enlightenment, invoked the earth as witness, as indicated by the fingers of his right hand, which spread downward in Bhumisparshana Mudra, the "gesture of touching the earth."

As the Buddhist Sutras relate, the sun and moon stood still, and all the creatures of the world came to offer obeisance to the Supreme One who had broken through the boundaries of egocentric existence. All Buddhist art celebrates this supreme moment and leads the viewer toward the Buddha's stylized footprints served as supports for contemplating what was ultimately beyond words or form. As the possibility he presented. "Don't look at me," he said, "but to the enl...