Portrait de Tsongkhapa Tibet, XIXE siècle

détrempe sur tissu
le moine fondateur de l'ordre des Gelugpa assis en dhyanasana sur une base lotiforme, vêtu de la robe monastique et de la coiffe conique caractéristique, un bol rempli d'offrandes à ses pieds, les mains en dharmacakrapravartana, le mudra de l'enseignement, encadré par des fleurs de lotus

The painting is in its original condition, mounted as a scroll with its original silk covers and ribbons. There are two horizontal creases and splits to the textile and pigment to the upper part of the painting just above and below the head. There are several vertical creases with associated losses of pigment and small losses to the textile on the lower part of the textile.
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