Description:
Tibet. late 19th cent.
18,5 x 13,5 / 58 x 45 cm
The centre of the painting is showing the white Vairocana seated in vajrasana on a lotus base, his hands supporting the chakra, wearing dhoti, his head consisting of three faces, each displaying a serene expression, double aureole behind and the upper register with the blue Akshobhya, his right hand in bhumisparshamudra while the left is resting on his lap supporting the vajra and his face displaying a serene expression, the reverse with the mantra’s ‘aum ah hum’, in brocade mounting.
Old German private collection - Traces of age, wear