A thangka depicting King Gesar of Ling, Tibet, 17th century

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Auction Closed

September 18, 04:57 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

A thangka depicting King Gesar of Ling

Tibet, 17th century

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13918.

HAR編號13918

Height 16⅜ in., 41.5 cm; Width 11⅝ in., 29.5 cm

Collection of Lionel (1943-2017) and Danielle Fournier.

Christie's Paris, 12th December 2018, lot 15.

The golden figure of King Gesar dressed in armor holding a lance and lasso, with a sword and scabbard at his waist, bow and arrows in quivers at his back and side, riding through landscape with snow lion, leopard, tiger, deer and wolf, black crows and falcons flying above, surrounded by five Worldly Protectors (Tib. drala) mounted on a Garuda and dragon above, a white tiger, deer and buffalo beneath, with Padmasambhava flanked by the sun and moon at the apex.

This rare, early, and finely painted thangka depicts King Gesar, a cultural hero amongst Tibetans and whose epic relates the heroic deeds of the fearless king in the legendary land of Ling.

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