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"The Lost Art of Thangka ": Solo Exhibition featuring Master Thangka Artist Niangben

Past exhibition
29 September - 4 December 2022
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Niangben , Ushnisha Sita Tapatra (Tangka in colors)

Niangben China, b. 1971

Ushnisha Sita Tapatra (Tangka in colors)
Pure gold, mineral pigments, cotton
51 x 35 in
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With two hundred blues to the east, two hundred yellows to the south, two hundred reds to the west, two hundred greens to the north, two hundred whites above, Ushnisha...
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With two hundred blues to the east, two hundred yellows to the south, two hundred reds to the west, two hundred greens to the north, two hundred whites above, Ushnisha Sita Tapatra has ten postures, each side of her body looks round. She has three wise eyes and her head does not retreat from the Vajrapani fire, the body is like a perfect vajrapani; The first right hand holds wheel of dharma with hand seal, the remaining right hands hold ninety-nine wheels of dharmas, one hundred diamonds, one hundred treasures, one-hundreds of lotus flowers, and one-hundred burning diamonds. The first left hand holds the stem of treasure canopy, and the remaining left hands hold ninety-nine rockets, one hundred bows, one hundred iron hooks, one hundred ropes, and one hundred fire swords; Heavenly crown jewelry, pores spitting fire; With jewelries on the heavenly crown, pores all over her body spitting fire; Five hundred right feet flexed, suppressing the male ghost, five hundred left feet stretched out, suppressing the female ghost. Rule over the three realms and eliminate all demons in the world. Her five hundred right feet flexed, suppressing the male ghost, five hundred left feet stretched out, suppressing the female ghost. Ushnisha Sita Tapatra rules over the three realms and eliminates all demons in the world.

 
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