Four Harmonious Friends Thangka
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- Limited Edition Art
- Dimensions: 40 x 31 cm
- Materials:Dust Of Gold With Tibetan Colors mixed with Hide Glue
- Canvas: Organic Cotton
- Origin: Nepal
- Hand Painted In Nepal
The Four Friends Thangka presents the beautiful story of friendship and unity. The four animals Elephant, Monkey, Hare, and Peacock. Here goes the story. One sunny day all four animals were discussing to find out who is the oldest among them.
The elephant told him that the tree had completely grown up when it was young, added the monkey, the tree when it was young was small, the hare, when it was young, saw the tree grow like a sapling and the bird had announced it had excreted the seed from which the tree was rising.
The other animals thus recognized the bird as the oldest, and the four animals lived together in co-dependence and cooperation, helping one another to enjoy the tree’s fruits. After the story is finished the Partridge was the Buddha in a previous life is revealed.
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Four Harmonious Friends Thangka
ADD A TRADITIONAL HAND EMBROIDERY SILK BROCADE
Want to add a Brocade to your beautiful Thangka Painting? Traditional Style Brocade has been one of the most popular form of mounting as it has a greater religious merit.
THANGKA, A SACRED ART
Tibetan Thangka paintings, also known as the “Art of Enlightenment”, are sacred pieces of art that are rich in symbolism. They are important supports that are revered for meditation and visualization.
The Tibetan thangka meaning goes deeper than just sacred art and conveys reverence. An art form is genuinely sacred when it awakens a direct experience deeper than our ordinary selves and the material world in the mind.
We are proud to offer our customers only the best selection of Tibetan art. All our paintings go through a rigorous screening process in our studio and are guaranteed to be origianl and authentic.
100% COTTON CANVAS & NATURAL MINERALS
Preparing the Cotton canvas before starting to paint a Thangka. This process includes washing, drying, stretching, sizing and everything needed to make a perfect base for the thangka to last for centuries.
Thangka paintings are painted using natural minerals such as agate, gold, silver, cinnabar, saffron, ocher, rhubarb,lapis and many other minerals. To create the ideal pigment for painting, these materials are ground several times. This makes the materials even more durable and long-lasting. Thus, you can surely expect the color of the Thangka to withstand the test of time.
The gold in the ornaments and detailing is made from real gold dust.