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Buddhist Initiation Paintings from the Yuan Court (1271-1368) in the Sino-Himalayan Style

Fig. 57:
Sakya monk tsakli
distemper on cloth
c. 16 x 17 cm. (l);
Flowering tendrils, detail Yamantaka-Vajrabhairava Mandala
c. 1330-32
silk tapestry (kesi)
245.4 x 208.9 cm.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (1992.54) (r);

text and images © Jane Casey