A white form of Khasarpana Lokeshvara — Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion — seated in an elegant rajalilasana pose on soft pink lotus petals beneath a gnarled fruit tree. He dwells in a paradisiacal landscape of ice-capped mountains and clear pools, attended by a figure offering a tray of fruit, with the six-armed protector Shadbhuja Mahakala below and the Buddhas Amitabha and Shakyamuni on clouds above. This sacred form is nearly identical to the Chittavishramana (Resting the Mind) manifestation, yet laterally inverted as if reflected in a mirror. Painted in the Lhasa court style — rich blue skies, bold opaque halos, and a strong sense of symmetry — the thangka would have opened a set depicting the successive incarnations of the Dalai Lama, a composition first designed in 17th-century woodblock prints at Narthang monastery in Central Tibet.
