
Appliqué Cloth Thangka of Maitreya
- Location
- Gyantse
- Date
- 1437–1439
- Creator
- based on sketch of Sonam Peljor
- Material
- colored silk embroidered on silk
- Dimensions
- 73 ft. 10 in. x 73 ft. 10 in. (22.5 x 22.5 m)
- Photo Credit
- image after Henss 2014, fig. 727
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Pelkhor Chode Monastery, Gyantse, Tsang region, central Tibet (present-day TAR); ca. 1427–1442
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