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Buryat Buddhist Datsan Thangka

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The Buryat Buddhist thangka is a mineral-pigment painting on sized cotton, made in the late-19th-century manner of the datsans ringing Lake Baikal in Siberia. Azurite and lapis grind to a cold, saturated blue that dominates as the solemn ground, while gold leaf and powder draw the cloud scrolls and the fine lines of the mandala.

This design system distills that cold, solemn field into digital form — a deep azurite page, 24-karat gold linework, a central radial mandala geometry, and calligraphic type that honors the Tibetan Buddhist script tradition adapted into the distinct Buryat school.

Learn more about the Buryat Buddhist Datsan Thangka style

  • OriginBuryatia / Lake Baikal, Siberia (Central Asia)
  • Period19th century (peak: Buryat Baikal-datsan thangka school, late 1800s)
  • DesignerBuryat datsan thangka painters · Baikal-datsan iconographers
  • MovementsTibetan Buddhist thangka painting · Buryat Baikal-datsan school · Mineral-pigment iconography

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