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Lot 62
A THANGKA DEPICTING VAJRAPANI
Estimated Value:
2.500 € - 3.500 €
Result:
incl. Premium and VAT
Description:
Tibet, 18th cent.70 x 54 cm, R.
The centre of the painting with Vajrapani standing in pratyalidhasana on a lotus base, his raised right hand holding the vajra while the left is showing the tarjanimudra, wearing a lion skirt and scarf, bejewelled, his face displaying a wrathful expression with bulging eyes, open mouth, flaming hairdo secured with a skull tiara, surrounded by flames, a minute figure of Vajradhara embracing his consort placed in a pavilion floating on a cloud design above, surrounded by several different scenes including meditating and teaching monks, deities, some with an inscription and all placed in a mountainous landscape, in brocade and probably silk mounting, framed and glazed.
From an old German private collection, acquired between the 1960s and 1995 - Traces of age, minor wear
