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Tibet
Tibet
French comic artist (1931-2010)
Material/Tècnica: fusta; coure; coral; turquesa
Els instruments musicals són importants en la pràctica budista tibetana. El tambor damaru, compost de dos cranis humans amb mantres de deïtats femenines i masculines a l'interior, es toca associat al ceptre vajra i la campana.
The Dalai Lama is the supreme authority of the Tibetans and the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism. After him, the second highest authority of Tibet is the Panchen Lama. Both acknowledge the reincarnation of the other into a new person after their respe…
Material/Tècnica: coure / daurat; vidre; turquesa
Material/Tècnica: llautó / daurat i pintat
Material/Tècnica: coure / daurat
This thangka is formed by two scenes that are particular to the paintings of the Geluk Order, which, from the 16th century and guided by Dalai Lamas, occupied a central space in the government of Tibet. The left-hand part shows the paths of Buddhism, with…
Usnisavijaya, one of the three Long-Life Deities of longevity in Tibetan Buddhism, appears in the middle of the painting and is surrounded by one hundred smaller identical images with the usual attributes: three faces with three eyes indicating three mood…
Material/Tècnica: bronze
Material/Tècnica: bronze
This sculpture represents the wrathful goddess Palden Lhamo, a female figure who, despite her aspect, possesses beneficial virtues. Worshiped especially in Tibet and Mongolia, the goddess is presented here in the form of Magzor Gyalmo, which literally mea…
Material/Tècnica: argent; turquesa / incrustat, ACABATS; coral / incrustat, ACABATS
Material/Tècnica: coure / daurat
El Buda Aksobhya ayuda a vencer la ira, uno de los obstáculos para alcanzar la liberación. A menudo se le representa coronado, enjoyado y sentado, con la mano en contacto con la tierra como símbolo de la iluminación. Esta imagen, con varios manuscritos de…
Material/Tècnica: pedra / baix relleu policromat
Padmasambhava is a historical-mythological figure of Himalayan Buddhism. The legend regarding his origin recounts that the king of the Buddhist kingdom of Odiyana, in the northwest of what is today Pakistan, threatened the destruction of religions if he d…
The historical Buddha is represented here at the moment of his enlightenment. Crowned as a universal monarch, the sculpture shows his usual attributes: the urna in the middle of the forehead, a cranial protuberance, curly hair, three concentric lines on t…
Material/Tècnica: bronze; jade; turquesa
Material/Tècnica: argent; turquesa
Material/Tècnica: fusta
Les phurbas són dagues emprades en cerimònies per allunyar les forces del mal. Se sostenen amb la mà dreta, o amb les dues mans, en un gest (mudra) amenaçant, després que el mestre tàntric hagi fet entrar la deïtat iracunda Vajrakilaya a l'objecte rit…
Stamping or printing is a variation of pigmentation writing that allows a specific text to be easily reproduced. Until the advent of moveable type in China in the 11th century and in Europe in the 15th century, the disadvantage of this procedure was that …