Antique Karmapa Thangka Painting
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Description
An antique Thangka painting is a valuable and historically significant artwork within Tibetan and Himalayan Buddhist traditions. These paintings are typically created on various materials such as canvas, silk, or paper, and they serve as visual aids for meditation, religious instruction, and spiritual practices.
Karmapa Thangka depicts Karmapa, head of the Karma Kagyu school and spiritual leader. Karmapa is seated in meditative posture like other Buddhist masters and deities, wearing monastic robes and adorned with jewels and symbols. A halo/aura symbolizing enlightenment surrounds him. This masterpiece is carefully crafted with traditional painting techniques and the highest quality materials. It is a true testament to the skill and admiration of the artisan.
Antique Karmapa Thangka Painting is both artistic representations and sacred objects which convey the Karmapa lineage's wisdom and compassion. Practitioners can use them as meditation and devotion aids.
Product Specification:
- Hand Painted
- Materials: Semi-Precious Natural Minerals
- Base: Cotton Canvas
- Origination: Nepal
Hand Embroidery Brocade
Want to add a Brocade to your beautiful Thangka Painting? Traditional Style Brocade has been one of the most popular form of mounting as it has a greater religious merit.
Note: Make sure you have added the Thangka to your cart first.
100% Cotton Canvas
Preparing the Cotton canvas before starting to paint a Thangka. This process includes washing, drying, stretching, sizing and everything needed to make a perfect base for the thangka to last for centuries.
Natural Minerals
Thangka Paintings are painted using the natural minerals. These are firstly grind into the powder form and then used in the thangka as a paint.