A thangka of Tsongkhapa and a Thangka of Maitreya
Tibet, 18th/19th centuryDistemper on cloth; each depicting the main figure seated on an elaborate throne with their hands in vitarka mudra, before a table with offerings and against a typical Sino-Tibetan landscape ground, each surrounded by lineage and attendant figures, each framed and glazed. Tsongkhapa, 57.3cm (22 1/2in) x 39.3cm (15 1/2in); Maitreya, 50cm (19 3/4in) x 33cm (13 in) (2).