Lot 99 Dα

A Tibetan Thangka of Tsongkhapa. 19th century

The founder of the Gelug school seated on a lotus in front of an aureole, a book in his left hand while holding the stem of a lotus in his raised right hand, from whose blossom the sword of wisdom rises. On his left the book of knowledge. Around the aureole depictions of his life and work, each inscribed in fine gold-coloured writing.
50 x 73 cm