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Iconographic Sketchbook

c. 1500
ink and watercolor on cotton

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

Tibetan thangka painters referred to sketchbooks with drawings that delineate the iconographies—appearance and identifying attributes—of Buddhist figures.

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