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Faith and Empire: Art and Politics in Tibetan Buddhism

Gallery 4

Fifth Dalai Lama (1617–1682) with His Own Hand and Footprints
Tibet
late 17th century
pigments on cloth
30 x 19 1/2 in. (76.2 x 49.5 cm)

Musée des arts asiatiques–Guimet, Paris
MG 19107
photograph by Thierry Ollivier © RMN-Grand Palais/Art Resource, NY