Thangka: "Tashi Tseringma", 19th century
Mongolia
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Provenance
Jan Brummelhuis (1935-2006), Amsterdam, The NetherlandsSize
M: 30 cm x 24 cm / 68 cm x 36 cm
M: 11.8 inch x 9.4 inch / 26.8 inch x 14.2 inch
Description
mineral pigments and gold on primed cotton, silk framing, fixed with wooden sticks, holding a golden “vajra” in her right and a long-life flask in her left hand, her mount is a white snow-lioness
“Tashi Tseringma” is the oldest of the five “Sisters of Long Life” (“Lucky Sisters”).
She is also worshipped as a protector of human beings and is considered the mistress of all living beings and as the divine mother.