Where these paintings come from

A thangka is a Tibetan Buddhist scroll painting — a meditation aid and a teaching tool before it is decoration. Ours are painted today, by living painters in the Kathmandu Valley, in the traditional way: cotton canvas sized with gesso, a proportional grid drawn under every figure, stone-ground mineral pigment, and gold.

How we buy

We buy directly from workshops we’ve visited, not through export agents. Each listing names the workshop or painter where we can, the year it was painted, and the materials. We only claim mineral pigment or real gold when we’ve verified it — that claim is on your invoice too, and it’s one we’re legally accountable for.

Contemporary only

Nepal restricts the export of religious objects over 100 years old, and for good reason. We don’t trade in antiques at all. Everything here is new work; nothing leaves the country that shouldn’t.

On selling sacred art

These images have meaning to the communities that made them. We try to sell them the way a good dharma shop would: correctly described, handled with respect, with guidance on how to hang and care for them. If you’re buying for practice and want to know whether a piece has been blessed, or want it consecrated before delivery, ask.