1241 Antique Tibet Thangka - Vajrasattva

Antique Tibet Thangka - Vajrasattva Antique Tibet Tibetan Tangka Thangka "Vajrasattva" The main buddha of the tangka is Vajrasattva and several other deities are present.  54 x 69.5 cm Mineral pigment on Cotton with some iridescent paints in some parts. Several old repairs  - that have themselves aged significantly - as the cloth has cracked over the centuries. Heavily saturated colors with significant oil / butter vapor substrate Dark & unevenly faded. Estimated to be from the 18th century or earlier Thangkas that were once in active use for worship hung in high places inside monasteries. They are exposed to butter-lamp vapors over decades.The inside of a monastery is filled with fragrance and silence. Some of the fragrance is aged and some is more recent as there are very few openings so that the cold is kept out. Decades of butter lamp vapors & incense vapors hang heavy making these monasteries extraordinary sanctums.  These vapors also darken every object present within - i