Antique Tibetan Buddhist Hand-drawn, Hand-painted Mandala on Paper wood carving and I would guess at

and I would guess at San Vitale as well

All three though were hand-painted

with a small scratch to the surface of one of one of the lighter swallows

and what C

Antique Tibetan Buddhist Hand-drawn, Hand-painted Mandala on Paper wood carving and I would guess atNot my usual thing, but I've been admiring old Buddhist spiritual drawings of late and keeping an eye out for antique hand drawn and painted examples on paper so was thrilled to find this beautiful mandala, 19th century I believe. I am not expert in the least, but this one appears closely in keeping with traditional Thanka mandala, with Yantra at center (the circle inside of triangle inside of circle); then square divided by color into four quadrants