CIRCA: 18th C. or before
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This tantric mandala painting has all the hallmarks of having been painted by a Newari* artist in Nepal (as opposed to by a Tibetan in Tibet) and hence would have been referred to as paubha** – which is what the Newari people of Nepal call their thangka-like paintings – and depicts a Chakrasamvara*** Manadala****
*See a description of the Newar people here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newar_people
*See a description of a Newari Paubha here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paubha
***See a description of Chakrasamvara here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cakrasa%E1%B9%83vara_Tantra
****See a description of a mandala here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandala