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Hand painted original silk Thangka featuring historical Buddha Shakyamuni or Gautama Buddha or Siddhartha Gotama. The Thangka is complete with embroidered silk support, cord and yellow covering. The painting is on layers and the colours are totally natural coming from azurite, malachite, minium and vegetal colours, vermillion, orpiment, indigo to get to decorations and brocades in real gold. The Buddha is represented in monk dresses with a bowl for charity in the left hand, with the right hand he touches the sole. 74 x 53 cm (29.13 x 20.87 inches). PROVENANCE: Private collection, Italy