The Changkya Huthugthu Rölpai Dorje

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Figure 20b: The Qianlong emperor as bodhisattva Manjushri and Grand Lama.
Thangka, central detail (total size 113, 5 x 64 cm).
The face most probably painted by Baldassare Castiglione (Chin. Lang Shining), before 1766.
Washington, Freer Gallery of Art.
Photo courtesy Christopher Bruckner.