18th C. Large Chinese Tibetan silk Kesi Thangka, finely illustrated the scene of The 8 forms of Padmasambhava. The Main Founder of Tibetan Buddhism together with His Eight Manifestations)
With a steady composure gazing on all beings, white in color with a reddish hue, one face adorned with a moustache and goatee, the right hand holds an upright gold vajra. The left hand placed in the lap holds a white skull cup filled with nectar, jewels and a long-life vase. The ornate katvanga staff of a Vajrayana mendicant decorated with white streamers rests against the left shoulder. Adorned with gold earrings and a necklace, the head is covered with a lotus hat, a gift of the King of Zahor, of silk brocade topped with a half-vajra and a single vulture feather. Attired in various robes of different colors reflecting the disciplines of the Vinaya, Bodhisattva and Mantra Vehicles, he sits atop a sun and moon disc above a multi-colored lotus blossom rising from the blue waters of Dhana kosha lake; encircled by a rainbow sphere.
Seated to the left is the consort Mandarava holding the long-life symbols of an arrow with a mirror and streamers in the right hand and a vase in the left. At the right is the consort Yeshe Tsogyal holding up a skull offering bowl with the left hand.

Dimensions: 98-1/8" L x 68" W

Over all in EXCELLENT condition, with normal anomalies in nature.

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