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SINO-TIBETAIN DYNASTIE QING, XVIIIe - XIXe SIÈCLE

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SINO-TIBETAIN DYNASTIE QING, XVIIIe - XIXe SIÈCLE
= Thangka in ink and polychrome on canvas depicting the Buddha's descent from the paradise of Tushita. The Buddha
Shakyamuni depicted standing before the ladder to heaven, accompanied by the deities
Indra and Brahma and welcomed by a procession of offering bearers. Mounted in silk brocade. In a frame.
Size (view) 80 x 54.5 cm

NOTE
This thangka describes Shakyamuni Buddha's visit to the Thirty-Three Heaven (Tushita) where his mother, Mâyâ, lived after his rebirth, in order to teach him the Dharma during the three months of the rainy season. The most frequently depicted episode is that of the Buddha's descent to Earth on the jeweled triple ladder offered by Indra.