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Lot 94

A BLACK GROUND THANGKA DEPICTING MAHAVAJRABHAIRAVA

Estimated Value:

2.500 € - 3.500 €

Schätzpreis:

2.600 €

Description:

Tibet, 19th c.
90 x 65 cm (156 x 100 cm mit Montierung)
Trampling with his multiple feet on various Brahmanic divinities and animals prostrating on the lotus-base, his principle hands arms holding his consort Vetali, the hands with karttrika and kapala while the others radiate around his body, his nine faced head with the principle horned bull face, leaking flames halo behind, the upper register with Tsongkhapa in the centre flanked by a lama, Sitatara, Ushnishavijaya and Sadaksharilokeshvara and the lower section with the central placed Yama standing on the bull flanked by a pair of tantric divinities, in brocade mounting.
Important German private collection, assembled in the 1970s and 80s, some bought from Schoettle East Asian Art, Stuttgart
Further a black-ground thangka of Sadaksharilokeshvara with silk mounts, Tibet, ca. 1900, 60 x 74 (118 x 100 cm with silk mounts)
Minor traces of age, minor wear