A THANGKA DEPICTING A SHAKYAMUNI REFUGE FIELD TIBET, 18TH CENTURY

the Buddha Shakyamuni at center with Vajradhara at the heart center, surrounded by a retinue of lamas and celestial beings in the upper register, further surrounded at center and below by lamas, protectors, buddhas, bodhisattvas, nagas and the Guardians of the Four Directions, with donor figures of right and left of lower register

Acquired privately, New York, 2007.

Wear, creasing, surface abrasion and losses to pigment overall, as viewed. Not examined outside of the frame.
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