Zakiram Rough Mineral Sand Thangka/ Pendant/ Locket/ Necklace/ Portable/ GauBOX/ Buddha amulet/ Carry-on/ Travel friendly
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Zakiram Rough Mineral Sand Thangka/ Pendant/ Locket/ Necklace/ Portable/ GauBOX/ Buddha amulet/ Carry-on/ Travel friendly

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Hand-painted Thangka by Master Artists From Regong

Symbolism：Wealth, Opportunity, Peace, Spiritual Strength

Especially suitable for women

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Zakiram, a revered female deity of wealth in Tibetan Buddhism, is the primary worldly protector enshrined at Lhasa’s Zhagil Monastery. She is depicted with dark skin, a protruding tongue, a crown of skulls, and a pair of chicken feet—an imposing and fearsome visage.

According to legend, she was once a concubine of Emperor Qianlong who was wrongfully executed and returned as a vengeful spirit, haunting the imperial palace. The emperor invited the revered lama Gewu Cang·Chamba Minlang to subdue her. Upon her defeat, she followed him to Lhasa and pledged to safeguard the Dharma.

About Rough Mineral Sand Thangka

Unique Craft & Artistic Charm

Rough mineral sand thangka is a distinctive category of thangka art. Its pigments are primarily sourced from natural minerals such as cinnabar, azurite, malachite, and lapis lazuli. These ores undergo careful selection to ensure purity and vivid color, then are ground into fine, uniform sand grains before being mixed with binding agents for application.

Thanks to its unique materials and craftsmanship, it boasts extraordinary artistic effects:

Vivid & Long-Lasting Clolors

Crafted with natural mineral pigments like cinnabar and azurite, the thangka features bright, pure hues. After meticulous grinding and blending, these minerals offer exceptional stability and weather resistance—retaining their luster and vibrancy for centuries.

Distinctive Texture  

The use of rough mineral sand gives the thangka’s surface a noticeable granularity and matte finish, contrasting sharply with the smoothness of traditional painted thangkas. This unique texture adds a sense of depth and antique elegance to the artwork.

Strong Three-Dimensionality

The stacked mineral sand grains create subtle undulations on the canvas. Especially in depicting figures, landscapes, and intricate details, this texture forms rich layers, making the composition more lifelike and dimensional.

Unique Luster

Leveraging the natural sheen of mineral sand, some thangkas reflect a star-like glow under light. This distinctive radiance enhances visual impact, lending the artwork an ethereal charm.

Balance of Delicacy & Boldness

Artists use fine brushes to outline delicate details with smooth, precise lines, while the mineral sand-filled areas exude a rugged texture.
Features

⦁ 100% Master's Authentic

⦁ Cotton Canvas

⦁ Mineral pigment

⦁ Master handmade

⦁ Tibetan buddhist Thangka

⦁ Origination:Regong Qinhai

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Regong Thangka

Regong Thangka originated on the snow-covered plateau of Tibet. Since the 11th century, when Nepalese Buddhist painting techniques were introduced to this region, it has undergone centuries of refinement. By incorporating the strengths of various painting schools such as the Men-Tang style, Regong Thangka has eventually developed into a unique and iconic artistic model. As a rare treasure of Tibetan cultural art, Regong Thangka features vivid and lifelike compositions, meticulous and elaborate brushwork, and rich, bright colors. Within the limited space of the canvas, it fully exhibits a sense of ethereal beauty. Today, Regong Thangka has been displayed at numerous exhibitions both at home and abroad. With its flexible and expressive brushstrokes, it conveys the profound heritage of ethnic cultural integration, truly deserving the title of a timeless artistic treasure.

Pure Natural Minerals

These colors are derived from five basic hues—white, red, green, blue, and yellow—and are created by mixing these base colors in different proportions. This fully demonstrates the meticulous color-mixing skills of Thangka painters.

The application and refinement of pigments have developed into a unique set of techniques covering color production, blending, and application. When these color materials pass through the dexterous hands of painters, they endow Thangka art with life and glory, making it world-famous for its bright and vivid colors that remain fresh and vibrant over time.

Hand Drawn

Thangka is the core visual carrier of Tibetan Buddhist culture, with hand-painting as its soul, while The Treatise on Proportions (a classic text on Buddhist iconography) serves as the sacred criterion for the form of Buddha images. The text clearly stipulates the proportional dimensions of Buddha statues' bodies, the layout of their facial features, and other details. Craftsmen use crosshairs to position and calibrate the images, ensuring they possess solemnity in both form and spirit.

For hand-painted thangkas, the selection of materials is extremely rigorous. The canvas goes through multiple processing steps, and the pigments are made by grinding natural minerals and plants—this ensures the thangka retains its vivid colors and remains well-preserved over time. In terms of techniques, line drawing is used to outline the interplay between solid and void strokes, and color gradation, a traditional technique for smooth color transitions) achieves natural transitions, all of which are fully controlled by the craftsmen's hands and inner mastery.

For craftsmen, painting thangkas is a form of spiritual practice. They infuse their devout faith into the creation process, endowing thangkas with a unique spiritual aura. As an intangible cultural heritage, hand-painted thangkas carry the essence of craftsmanship and cultural traditions, standing as a vivid testament to the inheritance of diverse cultures.