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View full screenThangka (painting) depicting Yum Chenmo, the four-armed personification of wisdom, carrying a book of Buddhist teachings and a dorje and making the teaching gesture, on calico with silk brocade mount: Tibet or Nepal, Tibetan, possibly 15th century AD
A.1905.227
Tibet Autonomous Region, China, East Asia
Nepal, South Asia
15th century
Tibetan
Oil colours and gold on calico; covers of silk and brocade
Depicted: Garuda
Depicted: Buddha
Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, East Asia
Living Lands (29 Jul 2011)
National Museum of Scotland