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1½ inches thick (3.75 cm)
Product Details Artist grade canvas, archival inks, wooden stretcher bars, and UVB protective coating
Product Details Artist grade canvas, archival inks, wooden stretcher bars, and UVB protective coating
Artist Fred Johnson
Collection Travel
Description Taken in January of 2007 at the Kumbum Stupa in Gyantse, Tibet. The first Kumbum was founded in the fire-sheep year of 1427 by a Gyantse prince. It has nine lhakangs or levels, is 35 metres (115 ft) high surmounted by a golden dome, and contains 77 chapels which line its walls. Many of the statues were damaged during the Cultural Revolution but have since been replaced with clay images, though they lack the artistic merit of the originals. The 14th century murals showing Newari and Chinese influences, survived much better.The Kumbum or great gomang (many-doored) chorten at Gyantse is a three dimensional mandala, meant to portray the Buddhist cosmos. The Kumbum, like other mandalas, which are portrayed by a circle within a square, enables the devotee to take part in the Buddhist perception of the universe and can depict one's potential as they move through it. Mandalas are meant to aid an individual on the path to enlightenment. The Kumbum holds a vast number of images of deities throughout its structure with Vajradhara (Sanskrit:Vajradhra, Tibetan: rdo rje 'chang (Dorje Chang), English: Vajraholder), the cosmic Buddha, at the top.
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Product No 3306458
Subjects Architecture, Buddhism, Religious Structures, Spiritual & Religious
Style Traditional
Medium
Tags Defender of the Faith, Fred, Johnson, buddhist, gyantse, kumbum, stupa, tibet
Product No 3306458
Subjects Architecture, Buddhism, Religious Structures, Spiritual & Religious
Style Traditional
Medium
Tags Defender of the Faith, Fred, Johnson, buddhist, gyantse, kumbum, stupa, tibet