.jpg?w=1)
TIBET, BÖN, 18TH CENTURY
Details
A Thanka of Shenla Wokar
Tibet, Bön, 18th Century
With Shenla Wokar, the Bön deity of compassion, at center on an elaborate throne with lions, dragons, and mythical creatures surmounted by Garuda, with tutelary deities portrayed at left, enlightened figures at top, element goddesses at right, and protector deities at bottom, outside the field are monastic lineages at corners and a line of devotees giving offerings below
34 x 27 in. (86.4 x 68.6 cm.)
Tibet, Bön, 18th Century
With Shenla Wokar, the Bön deity of compassion, at center on an elaborate throne with lions, dragons, and mythical creatures surmounted by Garuda, with tutelary deities portrayed at left, enlightened figures at top, element goddesses at right, and protector deities at bottom, outside the field are monastic lineages at corners and a line of devotees giving offerings below
34 x 27 in. (86.4 x 68.6 cm.)