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The majority of the figures are identified by inscriptions written in standard or cursive Tibetan script.  A large prayer addressed to Padmasambhava arranged in the form of a stupa is written on the back.\r\nThe mount, which is wider than the painting, is of black cotton, with curtains of pale yellow-green silk and with two pink ribbons;  the battens are of wood formerly painted red, and with turned ends.","artistMakerPerson":[],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"cotton (textile)","id":"AAT14067"}],"techniques":[{"text":"painting (image-making)","id":"AAT54216"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Gouache on prepared cotton cloth","categories":[{"text":"Paintings","id":"THES48917"},{"text":"Buddhism","id":"THES48984"},{"text":"Religion","id":"THES48900"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"SSEA","id":"THES48598"},"images":["2006BB2320","2018KX0886","2018KX0887","2018KX0888"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"009","id":"THES403545"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Tangka","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Tibet","id":"x29910"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"14th century","earliest":"1300-01-01","latest":"1400-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"58","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"43.2","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Padmasambhava; Religion, cloth, Tibet, cC14","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"H.Hoffmann:  The Religions of Tibet, pp.60-61.\r\nA.Waddell: The Buddhism of Tibet, pp.31f.u.4"},{"reference":{"text":"Tibetan art / John Lowry. 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