Mandala Chine-Tibet, XVIIIE siècle

détrempe sur tissu, le mandala à quatre portes construit dans un paysage fabuleux encerclé d'un anneau en pétales de lotus, Vajrabhairava représenté au centre avec son entourage, sur les côtés et en dessous sont présents, l'Eléphant et le Cheval porteur de joyaux avec le roi, la reine et le ministre, la roue de la loi et les trois joyaux à gauche, au dessus en demi cercle les huit emblèmes auspicieux en doré dans des cercles rouge, au registre supérieur, les dignitaires Gelukpa parmi les nuages, au registre inférieur, le lokapala Vaishravana et le dharmapala ainsi que le Mahakala bleu et le blanc avec Yama et Shri-devi, encadré

Creasing and losses overall, many of the horizontal creases are visible on the catalogue illustration, but in good overall condition. No major staining but even accretion overall. The palette muted by the accretion. No restoration. Please use the zoom feature on our website at www.sothebys.com/ browse catalogue to closely inspect the surface texture of the item.
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