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Tibetan or Chinese origin, 18th century embroidery Tibetan Buddhist art of Cosmic Mount Meru

Tibetan or Chinese origin, 18th century embroidery Tibetan Buddhist ar...

The setting, with beasts and floating skulls in a desolate landscape, focuses the mind of the meditator (or the initiate in a ceremony) upon mortality, and hence upon the eternal. Within the circle is a view of... More

Mount Meru - Public domain dedication image

Mount Meru - Public domain dedication image

Painting of Mount Meru from Samghayanarayana loose-leaf manuscript India; ca. 17th century Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper.