A FINE THANGKA OF KHASARPANA-PADMAPANI, Tibet, 18th/19th ct., brocade mounts. He is depicted here sitting on his moon lotus of pale blue colour, in royal and relaxed pose, he is accompanied by Buddha Amithaba, Buddha Shakyamuni, the six-armed Mahakala, to Padmapani's left stands a worshipper bringen fruit as sacrifices to the Bodhisattva. - Purchased from Schoettle East Asian Art, no. 5989, ca. 1971, published Thangka Calender, August 1976, Papyrus Verlag Hamburg, Dec. 1975 - Cf. Gilles Beguin, Les Peintures du Bouddhisme Tibétain; Musée National des Art`s Asiatiques, Guimets, Paris, 1995:324 - Tanaka Kimiaki, Art of Thangka, From the Hahn Kwang-Ho Collection Vol. 3, Seoul, 2001:62 - Toni Schmid, Saviours of Mankind; Dalai Lamas and Former Incarnations of Avalokiteshvara; VIII Ethnography; 9, Stockholm, 1861: PL. 1 - Minor wear