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Lot 650
A THANGKA DEPICTING THE WHEEL OF LIFE, BHAVACHAKRA
Estimated Value:
2.500 € - 3.500 €
Result:
incl. Premium and VAT
Description:
Tibet,. 19th/ 20th cent.87 x 65 cm / 164 x 126 cm
The Lord of Death, Yama, is holding the Wheel of Life, the centre showing a cock, pig and snake, surrounded by a band consisting of figures surrounded by six sections, each showing a scene of the hell and present worlds, encompassed by the ultimate ring with twelve scenes of the links of dependent origination or the schema that the Buddha offered to understand the biological process of life and death, in brocade mounting.
Old German private collection, assembled before 2000 - Traces of age
