An antique tsakli painting, Tibet, 19th Century or earlier depicting in vivid colours, beneath a square silken canopy with 5 pendant silk tassels, a lotus tipped hanging rail over which are draped 2 silken cloths - the first an applique silk 'mandala' (applique is the sewing technique in which small pieces of cloth are stitched together to form a design) which is edged with a fluttering green gathered fringe of a lighter weight silk. The colours in this 'mandala' represent the 5 Buddha families - white, yellow, red, green and blue.
Below this is a further cloth offering - possibly a monk's robe of yellow lined red. These form part of the 3 sensory offerings of touch, taste and smell. Cloth represents the sense of touch. 7 lines of text with 1 red illumination and 1 syllable to the reverse. 12.5 x 9.4cm