Framed tangka depicting Avalokitesvara, the multi-headed and multi-armed benevolent deity. He is standing on a lotus base which emanates from a stem rising from a small pond depicted at the bottom center of the painting. He wears a blue and red flowing scarf and red, blue, and green flowing robes. The registers which reflect Nepalese stylistic traditions contain lamas and images of buddhas. In the lower bottom register are two forms of Mahakala and also Palden Lhama on her mule. Images of Jambala are depicted above the offering panel in the bottom left corner of the painting. Two female attendants are depicted to the right and left of the lotus base. Each of the attendants is flanked by two tantric deities which are to the outside edge of the painting. This painting has a palette and iconographic stylistic elements related to 14th-15th century painting from Tibet.
