【Product Information】

Main Deity: Five-Faced Black Avalokiteśvara

School: Mentang School

Artist: Gesang Ciruo – Official Painter of Tashilhunpo Monastery & ICH Inheritor

Size: 4 × 5 cm

Materials: Mineral pigments, gold, cinnabar, lapis lazuli, turquoise, malachite, coral

Technique: Fine Mentang linework, flame shading, intensive gold detailing, full wrathful composition

【Description】

The Five-Faced Black Avalokiteśvara is one of the most fierce manifestations of Chenrezig (Avalokiteśvara), arising from boundless compassion to subdue obstacles, karmic hindrances, and harmful forces.

The five faces represent the Five Wisdoms:

* Dharmadhātu Wisdom

* Mirror-like Wisdom

* Equality Wisdom

* Discriminating Wisdom

* All-Accomplishing Wisdom

The dark-blue-black body symbolizes absorbing negativities and destroying obscurations.

Multiple arms signify the power to protect all beings across the six realms and the mastery of the Four Enlightened Activities.

Blessings

* Cutting through obstacles and karmic entanglements

* Removing fear, negativity, and spiritual disturbances

* Protection, purification, and powerful obstacle-clearing

* Rapid dissolution of harmful forces

* Deep internal transformation

Artistic Highlights

* Precise rendering of the five wrathful faces

* Multi-armed iconography with complete wrathful implements

* Blue-black skin with luminous shading

* Vibrant red-gold flames in classic Mentang style

* Dense detailing in ornaments, fabrics, and background motifs

* Exceptional difficulty for a 4×5 cm miniature

【Artist Overview – Gesang Ciruo】

A leading young master of the Mentang tradition, official painter of Tashilhunpo Monastery and certified ICH inheritor. His works are collected by major institutions and known for power, precision, and refined linework.