A TIBETAN SILVER BACKGROUND THANG-KA DEPICTING A FORM OF AVALOKITESVARA, seated in lalitasana on a painted copper lotus, his principle hands in dharmacakramudra, his secondary hands in varadamudra and holding kamandalu, his third pair of hands akshamala and trisula, wearing bodhisattva-ornaments and dhoti, a flaming aureol behind, set in a Chinese pagode and courtyard and worshipped by two figures, in the upper left corner Tsong-kha-pa, the others with dGe-lugs-pa abts, in a brocade mounting, early 19th Century

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A TIBETAN SILVER BACKGROUND THANG-KA DEPICTING A FORM OF AVALOKITESVARA, seated in lalitasana on a painted copper lotus, his principle hands in dharmacakramudra, his secondary hands in varadamudra and holding kamandalu, his third pair of hands akshamala and trisula, wearing bodhisattva-ornaments and dhoti, a flaming aureol behind, set in a Chinese pagode and courtyard and worshipped by two figures, in the upper left corner Tsong-kha-pa, the others with dGe-lugs-pa abts, in a brocade mounting, early 19th Century
55.3 x 35.6 cm (minor cracks)
Provenance
The Property of the Nature Conservancy acquired from the Estate of Dr. Walter N. Koelz, Waterloo, Michigan, U.S.A.

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