Tempera painting on cotton portraying the historical Buddha in an uncommon way. The character is portrayed in a pagoda, with dragons wrapped on the pillars. He is sitting in the padmasana position on a throne shaped like a lotus flower, and holds in the left hand, resting in the avakasamudra, the bowl for the offerings, while the right hand performs the bhumisparsamudra. The peculiarity of the representation lies in the rich crown adorning the main character, together with a patchwork and golden robe. Behind him is a lush background on which five secondary characters are visible, among them, in the upper layer, are Usnisavijaya, the transcendent Buddha Amitayus and White Tara. On the reverse is a long inscription in Newari, giving information about the provenance from a Newari family living in Tibet. The inscription also bears a date, 1850, placing the work at, or before, the first half of the XIX century. Published in Erberto Lo Bue, Tibet, Dimora degli dèi, La Rinascente, Milano 1991, p. 35, n. 5 and Immagini di fede nel mondo tibetano e himalayano, Florence Number Nine, Firenze 2014, p. 25. Provenance: private collection of Prof. Erberto Lo Bue.