Lot 404
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A THANGKA DEPICTING CHAKRASAMVARA AND VAJRAVARAHI NEPAL, 15TH CENTURY

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Distemper on cloth
the deity and consort standing in alidhasana atop two supine figures, a flaming prabhamandala behind, Chakrasamvara with four faces and ten arms, wearing the five-pointed crown, holding a flayed elephant skin and a variety of weapons, surrounded by protectors, deities and auspicious symbols in the upper and lower registers

Literature

Ernesto Lo Bue, A Tibetan Journey: Dipinti dal Tibet XIII-XIX Secolo, Milan, 1998, p. 44-45.  

Condition

Wear, surface abrasions, accretion and scattered losses of pigment throughout, particularly at border on proper right, along upper register, and at proper upper left border. Consolidations to pigments at center, including red and green prabhamandala and two central figures. Mounted to stretcher. Small portion of lower register border hidden by frame and stretcher, see department for images.
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