Asian 19th Century or Earlier Buddhist Chinese Tibetan - Red Tara Portrait Painting. The very early painting on fine handwoven fabric is from the Sagaponack - Long Island, New York estate of writer Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014). Painting depicts the Red Tara surrounded by exotic flora and sitting on a lotus form. The early possibly silk fabric has been glued down to a piece of paper, which has then been glued to a piece of cardboard. In good condition. Image size measures 8.5 inches high by 7 inches wide. Frame measures 16.5 inches high by 14 inches wide. Peter Matthiessen embraced Zen Buddhism and regularly welcomed Zen students to a zendo, a place of meditation, on the grounds of his Sagaponack estate.