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Lot 52
A Sino-Tibetan Thankga of Milarepa
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
20th century, pigments on cloth, a depiction of Milarepa, a famous Yogi who composed poems about the dharma, he is featured here meditating by a cave in the mountains of Nepal which he did for six years before he attained enlightenment, his skin is green because of his diet based only on green nettles, loosely secured with top two corners to mat, professionally framed with triple mats, reverse has no inscriptions.

DOA 40.5 x 33 in.; SS 24 x 18 in.

Some creases and loss to pigments especially in the center from rolling; some staining and threading of cloth on edges.