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Lot 593

A FINE AND RARE THANGKA OF THE HISTORICAL GAUTAMA BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI AND DECPICTIONS IN INDIVIDUAL SCENES OF HIS LIFE FROM BIRTH TO HIS ENTRY INRO PARANIRVANA

Estimated Value:

3.000 € - 5.000 €

Schätzpreis:

2.800 €

Description:

Tibet, 18th c.
64,3 x 42,8 / 92,3 x 70,9 cm
Tempera and gold on cotton fabric, fragments of the original silk satin border; framed. At the lower edge is a black stripe for an intended but not executed inscription, for a Nepalese patron.
From an old European private collection, acquired before 2000 - Literature: Ernst Waldschmidt, Die Legende vom Leben des Buddha; Auszüge aus den heiligen Texten; aus dem Sanskrit, Pali und Chinesischen übersetzt und eingeführt von. Volksverband der Bücherfreunde, Wegweiser Verlag GmbH. Berlin, 1929 - Prince Siddhartha, Jonathan Landaw and Janet Brooke; Diamant Verlag, Jägerndorf, 1984