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| Keywords: Usnisavijaya.jpg Thangka ” with representation of the goddess Usnisavijaya flanked by two assistant bodhisattvas Gouache on canvas 84 x 67 cm L Fournier donation with usufruct MA 5195 Throughout the Tibetan Buddhist Himalayan and Chinese world this deity appeared inside a stupa This representation of the goddess Usnisavijaya flanked by two assistant bodhisattvas carrying flywhisks has three heads and eight hands holding her attributes Her right-hand head is gilded; her left-hand one is blue and has a fierce expression; her central head like her body is white Here in the lower section lions and the four guardian-kings lokapala of the four cardinal points are depicted On either side of Usnisavijaya are medallions containing the seven treasures of the universal sovereign and seven of the eight auspicious signs of Tibetan Buddhism At the very bottom left appears the donor in front of various offerings to the goddess There is a substantial Nepalese influence as shown by the small ornamentally treated floral columns the leafy arches the red and blue ground embellished with monochrome foliation or the jewels modelled on Newar creations from Kathmandu On the other hand the golden motifs on the central figure ™s clothing and the canon of the lokapala all derive from China http //www guimet fr/Usnisavijaya 91 http //www guimet fr/Usnisavijaya 91Musée Guimet Musée Guimet century 14 PD-art checked Thangka from Tibet Art of Tibet in the Musée Guimet Usnisavijaya Lokapala | ||||
