A THANGKA DEPICTING MILAREPA TIBET, 19TH CENTURY |

seated in characteristic posture with right hand to his ear, the left in his lap holding a kapala, wearing a red meditation band over the shoulder and under a white robe, seated on a yoke-back lion throne in the midst of a mountainous landscape, devotees kneeling before the throne, with scenes of his life portrayed throughout, hailstones destroying the crops of his family to the left, with his teacher Marpa above, Milarepa’s tower to the lower right, Vajradhara in clouds above with two mahasiddha, Hevajra and Chakrasamvara below to the left and right Himalayan Art Resources item no. 18349.

Good overall condition. Creases throughout with minor accompanying losses. Staining to lower right corner. Accretion overall including spots on of organic waste material.
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