Lot 87
  • 87

A Thangka Depicting Shakyamuni Buddha

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Distemper on cloth

Provenance

Acquired between 1987—2001

Exhibited

The World of Mandala—Tamashige Tibet Collection, Okura Museum of Art, Tokyo, April 1—June 19, 2005

Literature

The World of Mandala—Tamashige Tibet Collection, Okura Museum of Art, Tokyo, 2005, p. 16, cat. no. 3 

Condition

Losses to upper quadrants of textile and halo element at center as viewed. Rubbing, accretion and losses to pigment overall.
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Catalogue Note

Compare a late 13thcentury Western Tibetan thangka depicting Vajrasattva and prajña in the Zimmerman Family Collection, see Pratapaditya Pal, Tibetan Paintings, Basel, 1984, pl. 17.

Himalayan Art Resource no. 31201