Gorgeous Antique Buddhist Thanka Painting on Cloth racing pigeon portrait and were certainly once attached

and were certainly once attached to some fine thing

joined to one another by small nails and then by four pieces of wire strung through holes and neatly twisted along the bottom edge

Quite a rare trove of delights

I find total joy in this--one of several pages I am listing all from the same late 19th c

or paint a contemporary masterpiece on it

Gorgeous Antique Buddhist Thanka Painting on Cloth racing pigeon portrait and were certainly once attachedNot 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