Gorgeous Antique Buddhist Thanka Painting on Cloth racing pigeon portrait Individual squares measure 2" x

Individual squares measure 2" x 2"

so maybe it came from a third stacker long gone

Quite a rare trove of delights

and were certainly once attached to some fine thing

Gorgeous Antique Buddhist Thanka Painting on Cloth racing pigeon portrait Individual squares measure 2" xNot my expertise or typical thing, but I found find this antique Buddhist thanka painting stunningly gorgeous and completely full of delights, and so, of course! (I purchased it from a favorite shop in NH and know it came from a private collection rich in Southeast Asian treasures.) My guess from just a bit of research is that the central figure may be the first Dalai Lamai, Gendun Drub (b. 1391), though this is really a guess, and I'm sure many of