A THANGKA DEPICTING A DIAGRAM MANDALA

Description:

Tibet, 19th/ 20th cent.
78 x 58,5 cm
The white coloured painting set with a large flaming mandala in the centre containing various circular lines crossing each other, encompassing a central group of inscribed shaped diagrams, the upper register showing in the centre a lama seated on a throne holding a manuscript and flanked by a pair of monks and the lower section with a lengthy inscription in the Tibetan dBu.can script.
Collection of Helmut Ploog (1940 - 2024), assembled since 1965 - Minor wear, traces of age