Lot 715
  • 715

A THANGKA DEPICTING PADMASAMBHAVA TIBET, 18TH CENTURY

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description

  • Distemper on cloth
the deity at center on a lotus throne surmounted by a rainbow aureole, holding a vajra in the right hand, a kapala in the left hand and a khatvanga on the left shoulder, the deities Samantabhadra and Samantabhadri in ecstatic union in the upper register at center within rainbow aureole, a display of attendant figures and peaceful and wrathful offerings in the lower register

Provenance

Acquired privately in Los Angeles, early 1970s; thence by descent.

Condition

Wear, accretion and rubbing overall. Some loss to blue pigments. Framed in a textile mount.
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