A rare horizontal thanka of Avalokiteshvara
A rare horizontal thanka of Avalokiteshvara

TIBET, 18TH CENTURY

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A rare horizontal thanka of Avalokiteshvara
Tibet, 18th Century
The eleven-headed thousand-armed divinity standing on a pedestal with his arms radiating and framed by peonies, flanked by the Green Tara and Vajradhara and surrounded by Dharmapalas, with a depiction of donors presenting jewels in the foreground, finely painted with details outlined in gilt
31 x 47 in. (78.7 x 119.3 cm.)