| Native Name | Thangka |
| Object Number | 51-4-117 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tibetan | Lamaism | Buddhist |
| Provenience | Tibet |
| Date Made | 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Technique | Painted |
| Iconography | Padmasambhava | Wife | Avalokitesvara | Amitabha Buddha | Amitayus Buddha | Acala | Kubera | Simhavaktra Dakini | Offerings | Jewels | Magpie | Plum Tree |
| Description | Painting. Padmasambhava and the Eight Principal Manifestations. Padma Sambhava, Founder of Lamaism, seated on a lotus rising from a lake (allusion to mystic birth), attended by his two wives. On each side of him (connected by rainbow rays), are four other forms of him. Top: 4-armed Avalokitesvara, Amitabha, Amitayus. Bottom: Acala, Kubera, Simhavaktra Dakini. Heap of offerings (7 jewels, etc.). Conventional Eastern Tibetan work; mounting has an interesting panel of satin, showing magpies and plum branches (Chinese). |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Robert R. Service, 1951 |
| Other Number | 28-AA - Other Number |
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