1919,0101,0.140

Description

Scope and content : Ch. lii. 001. Painting on linen, in purely Tibetan style, representing Tārā with attendant saints and divinities. Preserved complete. Colours laid on solid over coat of white waxy substance which covers the foundation of strong close-woven linen, and originally mostly dark, but rubbed off in places, leaving patches of white or of bare cloth. Canvas of painting stitched on to larger backing of dark green linen, and latter’s projecting edges pasted over with bands of dark green silk forming wide frame to picture. At upper end, however, silk replaced by band of light green cotton with strainer and suspension loop.