A THANGKA DEPICTING SHYAMATARA Tibet, 18th Century

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 USD

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Description

Distemper on cloth
27 1/2 by 19 inches

seated in lalitasana at center, wearing the bodhisattva jewelry and resplendent silk robes, the left hand extended and touching the head of a kneeling devotee, the right hand raised grasping the end of a lotus, with Ushishavijaya at upper left, Amitabha at upper center, and Sitatara at upper right, and two additional emanations of Shyamatara at lower right and left

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13104.

Provenance

Rudi Oriental Arts, New York City, 1960s.