Arhat Subhuti (After Choying Gyatso’s (active ca.1640s-1660s) Set of Previous Incarnations of the Panchen Lamas)

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Side-by-side depictions of robed figure amid landscape and figures in roundels: at left, black and white outline of image; at right, full colorProject Himalayan Art
ThemesWoodblock Printing

Woodblock printing became an important technology of production, propagation, and cross-cultural exchange of both text and image in Tibetan, Himalayan, and Inner Asian regions from the 12th century on.

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