Tibet, 18th centuryDistemper on cloth; the five Elders each with standing attendant seated in a forest, the first, either Ajita, Chudapantaka or Kanakabharadvaja, with his hands in the meditation pose, above seated Nagasena with staff and alms bowl, Pantaka holding a book and practising the dharma at the bottom right before two leopards, Pindola with book and alms bowl at the centre and Rahula, Shakyamuni's son, at the top left holding a bejewelled tiara, a gift from the gods of the Heaven of the Thirty-three, all under a figure of Padmasambhava up above.74.5cm (29 3/8in) x 53.2cm (21in)