A THANGKA DEPICTING AVALOKITESHVARA TIBET, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY |

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13643.

In good overall condition with accretion and minor cracking throughout, a seam running along the left third of the painting, most likely original.
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the Bodhisattva with eleven heads surrounded by an ornamental prabha standing with his thousand arms, clad in elaborate jewelry on the arms, neck and feet, at top center a group of three Gelugpa are seated surrounded by buddhas in aureoles, flanked at the feet by Manjushri at left and Vajrapani at right, the lower register with fierce protector deities including Sri Devi, Mahakala, Vajra Vetali and Yama Dharmaraja