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Type/Technique

Tankas (Tibetan scrolls)

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  • Tibetan medicine and its divine origins. Distemper painting by Chundu, 1970.
  • Attributes of the six-handed Mahākāla in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Yama holding the wheel of life. Distemper painting.
  • Attributes of dPal-ldan Lha-mo in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Footprints of the Buddha or of a Lama (?). Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
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Using this type/technique (53)
About this type/technique (8)
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    The Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara surrounded by other Buddhist deities. Distemper painting.

    | Reference: 47105i
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    The Buddha Aksobhya surrounded by six hundred and ten replicas of himself. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.

    | Reference: 47074i
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    Attributes of rDo-rje Grags-mo brGyal (Dorje Dragmogyel) in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.

    | Reference: 47077i
    Part of: Fifteen banners from a Tibetan Protector chapel.
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    The Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara surrounded by other Buddhist deities. Distemper painting.

    | Reference: 584868i
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    The three Buddhist deities Vajrapāṇi, Mañjuśrī and Avalokiteśvara. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.

    | Reference: 47093i
All works (53)

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