A Set of Nine Tsakali Depicting the Six Ornaments and Two Jewels of the Southern Continent
TIBET OR MONGOLIA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY
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A Set of Nine Tsakali Depicting the Six Ornaments and Two Jewels of the Southern Continent
Tibet or Mongolia, 19th/20th Century
Depicting Panchen Sonam Drakpa, Peljor Lungtog Yonten, Aryadeva, Nagarjuna, Dignaga, Gunaprabha, Shakyaprabha, Vasubandu, and Dharmakirti painted in gold with green nimbi and dressed in robes of orange and red, inscribed in Tibetan on reverse
Each image approximately: 4 5/8 x 3¾ in. (11.8 x 9.5 cm.) (9)
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The set includes the most prominent Buddhist scholars of the first millenium.
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