A rare and exceptionally large painted banner depicting Buddha Tibet, 18th century seated in bhadrasana on a throne, his feet resting on a lotus flower pedestal, dressed in monk's flowing robes with 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 dharmachackra 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 Majusri, of whom Tsong Khapa is recognised as an incarnation, seated in the top right of the composition, the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara and Vajrapani, painted in their respective iconographic colours 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 perfumed conch shell, a lute a dharmachakra (Wheel of Law) bound with a flowing red scarf 181/2 by 81/2ftl, 2261/2 by 1011/2in., 575 by 258cm.
A rare and exceptionally large painted banner depicting Buddha Tibet, 18th century seated in bhadrasana on a throne, his feet resting on a lotus flower pedestal, dressed in monk's flowing robes with 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 dharmachackra 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 Majusri, of whom Tsong Khapa is recognised as an incarnation, seated in the top right of the composition, the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara and Vajrapani, painted in their respective iconographic colours 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 perfumed conch shell, a lute a dharmachakra (Wheel of Law) bound with a flowing red scarf 181/2 by 81/2ftl, 2261/2 by 1011/2in., 575 by 258cm.
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