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Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava). Gouache painting by a Tibetan artist.
- Date:
- [between 1800 and 1899?]
- Reference:
- 580114i
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Description
Guru Rinpoche (Tibetan "Precious teacher"), known in Sanskrit as Padma Sambhava ("Born of a lotus"), referring to his miraculous birth from lotus blossom. Founder of the Nyingmapa school of Buddhism in Tibet
Publication/Creation
[Tibet], [between 1800 and 1899?]
Physical description
1 painting : gouache, with watercolour ; image 53.7 x 36.7 cm
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 580114i
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores