A TIBETAN SAMANTABHADRA NYINGMA SCHOOL THANGKA. Tibet, 16th Century. Tempera on canvas, one of the Sakyamuni Triad shown in the centre in an indivisible yab-yum union with his consort Samantabhadrī, the pair situated on a lotus throne supported by two snow lions and surrounded by a double aureola and a crowd of deities, protectors and other representations of Buddha, unmounted, 87 x 67.5cm. Provenance: Property from a Private English Collection, predominantly assembled in the 1970s and 1980s. 西藏十六世紀 寧瑪派繪普賢菩薩唐卡 來源：英國私人收藏，大部分藏品得於1970 - 80年間。 Nyingma School is the oldest of the four schools of Tibetan Buddhism founded in the 8th century. Its teachings are based on the earliest translations of the Sanscript scriptures.