Free appraisal

If you need it, we will provide free thangka identification service. You can take a photo (the picture should be as clear as possible) and send it to our email (service@zendothangka.com), and we will reply with the identification result within 1-3 days.

Your privacy choices

As described in our Privacy Policy, we collect personal information from your interactions with us and our website, including through cookies and similar technologies. We may also share this personal information with third parties, including advertising partners. We do this in order to show you ads on other websites that are more relevant to your interests and for other reasons outlined in our privacy policy.

Sharing of personal information for targeted advertising based on your interaction on different websites may be considered "sales", "sharing", or "targeted advertising" under certain U.S. state privacy laws. Depending on where you live, you may have the right to opt out of these activities. If you would like to exercise this opt-out right, please follow the instructions below.

If you visit our website with the Global Privacy Control opt-out preference signal enabled, depending on where you are, we will treat this as a request to opt-out of activity that may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of personal information or other uses that may be considered targeted advertising for the device and browser you used to visit our website.

Points to note

  • Feel The Surface

    *Is it smooth overall? (Likely print).

    *Smooth color with only gold raised? (Print & Paint).

    *All-over texture? (Good sign for hand-painted).

  • Study The Gold

    *Is it flat ink? (Print).

    *Only thin lines are raised/shiny? (Print & Paint).

    *Rich, dimensional gold throughout? (Hand-painted).

  • Zoom On Details

    *Pixelation/blurring? (Print).

    *Crisp but overly perfect gold on flat colors? (Print & Paint).

    *Rich textures, subtle variations, no digital flaws? (Hand-painted).

1 3

KNOW THE PRICE

Extremely cheap = likely print.

High price doesn't guarantee authentic,

but very low price guarantees it's NOT truly hand-painted.