The Changkya Huthugthu Rölpai Dorje

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Figure 20a: The Qianlong Emperor as Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
Thanka: Ink, color, and gold on silk
China: Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign, mid-18th century
H x W (image): 113.6 x 64.3 cm (44 3/4 x 25 5/16 in)
Freer Gallery of Art F2000.4
https://asia.si.edu/object/F2000.4
(accessed 11/6/2020, 5:44:19 PM).

Note the similarity to Fig. 4, Thangka from Xumifushou temple, Chengde, now in the Palace Museum, Beijing, of very similar composition and almost exactly the same size.