A narrative thangka illustrating the story of Pema Öbar [Late 19th century-Early 20th century]

A narrative thangka illustrating the story of Pema Öbar པདྨ་འོད་འབར (Wylie Padma ’od ’bar) or Kheu Pema Öbar ཁྱེའུ་པདྨ་འོད་འབར་ (Wylie Khye’u Padma ’od ’bar). Size including the cloth surround 82 x 144 cm. Image (melong) size 54 x 78 cm. Finely detailed. Very substantial paint loss on the whole right hand side of the painting with additional staining and fading. Some cracks due to creasing. 100 – 150 years old. Central figure of Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche) There are many similarities between two thangkas of Pema Öbar (EAP1016_DLMLG_Tnka-8 and EAP1016_DLMLG_Tnka-9), in terms of the visual structure of thangkas but also many obvious differences in the specific details. . Creation dates: Late 19th / Early 20th century. Custodial history: An object donated to Dolma Ling nunnery by Buchen Gyurme. It probably belonged to one of three Lama Manipa who had fled from Tibet and who continued to perform within the exile Tibetan communities in India and Nepal. These manipa were Buchen Gyurme (Wylie ’Gyur med), Buchen Norgye (Wylie Nor rgyas), and Buchen Passang (Wylie Pa sangs) . This thangka was indentified by Tsering Drolma manipa, the daughter of the late Buchen Passang as having belonged to her father and was brought to India from Tibet. Interestingly, though, another thangka illustrating the story of Pema Öbar (EAP1016_DMLG_Tnka-5) appears in a photograph of Buchen Passang, the father of Tsering Dolma, taken by Barbara Nimri Aziz by the Boudhanath stupa in Kathmandu in 1982. Extent and format of original material: One narrative scroll painting / thangka. Owner(s) of original material: Dolma Ling Nunnery.