Two handprints and two footprints frame Dalai Lama seated above crowd of attendants and wrathful deity

The Fifth Dalai Lama, with Hand- and Footprints

Location
Tibet

Date
late 17th century

Material
pigments on cloth

Dimensions
30½ x 19-5/8 in. (77.5 x 50 cm)

Collection
Musée national des arts asiatiques Guimet, Paris; MG19107

Photo Credit
photograph by Thierry Ollivier © RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY

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