A TIBETAN PAINTING OF USNISA VIJAYA

DISTEMPER ON CLOTH

SOUTHERN TIBET CIRCA 18TH CENTURY

IMAGE 48 cm x 71 cm / 19” x 28”

EXHIBITED:

Ithaca College Museum of Art, Ithaca, New York, Spring 1971Lycoming College Gallery, Williamsport, Pennsylvania Fall 1981

DESCRIPTION: A Thanka of the victorious goddess of Usnisa Vijaya Three heads, Eight arms seated in dhyanasana (meditative position). Original hands in dharmacakra mudra (both hands against breast, left covering right). Next pair hold kalasa (vase for holding ambrosia) and varada mudra; that is the palm of the hand down. The next two hold the image of the Lord Buddha and salutation mudra.