Avalokiteshvara

Date
2022

Artist
Buchung Nubgya (b. 1979, Shigatse; lives and works in New York)

Material
Pigments on cotton, silk brocade

Catalog Number
SC2022.1-.4

Collection
Rubin Museum of Art

Video
Fig. 1.

The Rubin Museum of Art, "Norbulingka Institute: The Making of Thangka Paintings," YouTube, January 23, 2023, 4:21, https://youtube.com/watch?v=10zih49-iSM.

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