Sepia textile featuring two faint footprints interspersed with portraits of deities bearing orange nimbuses

The Buddha’s Footprints and Incarnations of Avalokiteshvara

Location
Tibet

Date
10–11th century

Material
ground mineral pigments on silk

Dimensions
21 x 21 in. (53.3. x 53.3 cm)

Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Zimmerman Family Collection, Gift of the Zimmerman Family, in celebration of the Museum’s 150th Anniversary, 2019; 2019.291 (HAR 85079)

Link
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/832687?ft=2019.291&offset=0&rpp=40&pos=1

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