A rare and exceptionally large painted banner depicting a Buddha Tibet, 18th Century seated in bhadrasana on a throne, his feet resting on a lotus flower pedestal, dressed in monk's garb with a red floral patterned shamtap bound at the waist with a yellow sash and a yellow patchwork robe, his hands held in the teaching gesture of dharmachakra mudra, a canopy with jeweled festoons and flowing scarves hanging above him, Tsong Khapa seen in the top left of the painting, and the bodhisattva Manjusri, of whom Tsong Khapa is recognized as an incarnation, seated in the top right of the composition, the bodhisattvas Avalokitesvara and Vajrapani, painted in their respective iconographic colors of white and blue, standing elegantly poised at either side of the throne, Avalokitesvara appearing as Padmapani, indicated by the white lotus that he holds in his left hand, a bowl set in front of the Buddha containing sensory offerings of a perfumed conch shell, a lute and a dharmachakra (Wheel of Law) bound with a flowing red scarf 18 1/2 by 8 1/2 ft., 226 1/2 by 101 1/2 in., 575 by 258 cm
A rare and exceptionally large painted banner depicting a Buddha Tibet, 18th Century seated in bhadrasana on a throne, his feet resting on a lotus flower pedestal, dressed in monk's garb with a red floral patterned shamtap bound at the waist with a yellow sash and a yellow patchwork robe, his hands held in the teaching gesture of dharmachakra mudra, a canopy with jeweled festoons and flowing scarves hanging above him, Tsong Khapa seen in the top left of the painting, and the bodhisattva Manjusri, of whom Tsong Khapa is recognized as an incarnation, seated in the top right of the composition, the bodhisattvas Avalokitesvara and Vajrapani, painted in their respective iconographic colors of white and blue, standing elegantly poised at either side of the throne, Avalokitesvara appearing as Padmapani, indicated by the white lotus that he holds in his left hand, a bowl set in front of the Buddha containing sensory offerings of a perfumed conch shell, a lute and a dharmachakra (Wheel of Law) bound with a flowing red scarf 18 1/2 by 8 1/2 ft., 226 1/2 by 101 1/2 in., 575 by 258 cm
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