AN EAST TIBETAN THANG-KA DEPICTING BUDDHA SAKYAMUNI, seated on a lotus, resting on an elaborate throne, his right hand in bhumisparsamudra, his left resting on his lap and holding the pattra, wearing long cloak, his face with downcast expression, elongated earlobes and curled hairdress, flanked by Sariputra and Maudgalyayana, surrounded by monks, kings, most of them with their names written in gold, in an extensive mountainous landscape, the reverse with stupa, filled with written mantras in dBu-can script, late 19th Century
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AN EAST TIBETAN THANG-KA DEPICTING BUDDHA SAKYAMUNI, seated on a lotus, resting on an elaborate throne, his right hand in bhumisparsamudra, his left resting on his lap and holding the pattra, wearing long cloak, his face with downcast expression, elongated earlobes and curled hairdress, flanked by Sariputra and Maudgalyayana, surrounded by monks, kings, most of them with their names written in gold, in an extensive mountainous landscape, the reverse with stupa, filled with written mantras in dBu-can script, late 19th Century
90 x 56 cm
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