Thangka with the Seventh Bodhisattva
Unknown Artist
1368–1424
Medium
Silk and gold thread on silk satin ground, embroidery
Dimensions
43.8 × 19.5 cm · mounted: 56.8 × 31.8 cm
Classification
Embroidery
Department
Textiles
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Accession Number
1991.2
About this artwork
In remarkably pristine condition, this embroidery is from a dispersed set that included images of protectors and bodhisattvas. The embroidery technique and pictorial style are Chinese, but the subject matter and the type of devotional hanging called a thangka are associated with Tibetan Buddhism. Historical records state that during the early Ming dynasty (1368–1644), gifts of Buddhist art were sent from China to Tibet, since relationships between Chinese rulers and Tibetan monastic patriarchs w...