A watercolor painting on cotton that depicts an unidentified Karmapa abbot wearing a red hat and seated, as well as accompanied by smaller figures, including a lama and protective divinities. Consecrated on the verso by a lama.
Depiction of a stupa and inscriptions in Tibetan on verso.
Accompanied with an envelope from Hotel Mount Everest, Darjeeling, India, with notes about the tanka.
A Tibetan watercolor painting on cotton that depicts a mandala consisting of a square with four gates containing a circle with a center point. Miniature figures are depicted outside of the enclosure.
An eastern Tibetan watercolor painting on cotton that depicts an unidentified Sa-skya-pa lama sitting on a cushion below figures and two guardian divinities and above three protective divinities.
A Tibetan watercolor painting on cotton that depicts a Srid-pa-ho. The central figure is a large golden tortoise, representing the Bodhisattva of Knowledge, upon whom are drawn various geomantic diagrams, representing the nine magic squares and symbols of the eight planets.
The tanka includes a silk cover.
A Tibetan painting of a Srid-pa-ho, which includes a giant golden turtle and twelve animals, as well as Avalokiteśvara, Manjushri, and Vajrapāṇi, known as the Three Family Protectors.
Inscription in Tibetan on verso.