Dharma and Tantra, including Masterpieces from the Nyingjei Lam Collection

Dharma and Tantra, including Masterpieces from the Nyingjei Lam Collection

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Property of a Lady

A thangka of Chakrasamvara, Nepal, 19th century

Auction Closed

September 18, 04:57 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

A thangka of Chakrasamvara

Nepal, 19th century


Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13927.

HAR編號13927


Height 25 in., 63.5 cm; Width 18⅜ in., 46.7 cm

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

Christie's Paris, 12th December 2018, lot 10. 

This vivid thangka depicts Vajradhara and consort above, flanked by Kalachakra and Hevajra, Nairatmya and Khadga Dakini to the left, Kechari and Maitri Dakini to the right, with Namasangiti, Yogambara and the palace of Green Tara below.

 

Compare a Nepalese Hevajra in the Jucker Collection, inscribed with a date of samvat 975 (1855), illustrated in Hugo Kreijger, Kathmandu Valley Painting: The Jucker Collection, Boston, 1999, no. 31, sold in these rooms, 28th March 2006, lot 41.