ETHAS 050380

Mongolie costume masque Yamantaka Damdinchoijoo

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050380
Tantric dance costume Yāmantaka (gShin-rje-gshed)
Mongolia
20th century
Textile, leather, cardboard, metal
Acquired in 1997
MEG Inv. ETHAS 050380
Padmasambhava, le "Précieux Guru" (Guru Rimpoche), est l’un des principaux introducteurs du bouddhisme au Tibet (8e siècle). Il est le personnage principal des "mystères" (cham) célébrés dans la cour des monastères.

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Tibetan Buddhist iconography

Buddhism spread to the Roof of the World in the 7th century and Tibetan Buddhism is deeply Tantric. As in Japan, its iconography is extremely rich and coded. It accentuates the representation of the masters and their teaching. As in the other Buddhist countries, paintings and statues are part of a consecration ritual, which incites the divinities shown in the images to come and live in them.

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