A thangka of Manjusri
Tibet, 18th/19th century Distemper on cloth; seated in padmasana on a giant lotus emerging from the waters of a muddy lake set in a mountainous landscape, the deity brandishing a flaming sword and holding the stem of a lotus supporting a book, surrounded by four emanations in the four corners and with a figure of Tsongkhapa at the top, framed and glazed. 62cm (24 3/8in) x 40cm (15 3/4in)