A SILK BROCADE MANTRA PANEL CHINA, SECOND HALF MING DYNASTY

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 USD

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Description

silk

of rectangular outline, the ground interwoven with flat strips of layered paper faced with gold leaf to form seven Lanca syllables, enclosed within a simple border, stitch mounted

Catalogue Note

Lanca is a sacred Buddhist written script reserved for invocations and prayers. The seven syllables are 'Om ma ni pad me hum' (homage to the jewel in the lotus) and 'hri' a seed syllable representing the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara.

A similar panel from the Amy clague Collection is illustrated in Claudia Brown, Weaving China's Past, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, 2000, no. 3.