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Lot 67
A THANGKA DEPICTING A HUTUKTU LAMA
Estimated Value:
500 € - 800 €
Result:
incl. Premium and VAT
Description:
East Tibet, 18th/ 19th cent.112 x 71 cm
The Hutuktu lama is seated with legs crossed on a cushion placed on fenced platform against an elaborate back slab, his right hand in the vitarkamudra while the left is resting on his lap holding a manuscript, wearing monastic garment, his voluminous face displaying an intense expression, topped with the yellow bonnet, an altar table flanked by monks extending offerings to the lama to his front, the upper register with Buddha Shakyamuni flanked by Tsong.kha.pa and Amitayus, surrounded by twelve lamas and pandits instructing the Buddhist teachings, below the lama group are placed Manjushri flanked by the blue Vajrapani and the white Sadaksharilokeshvara, the three are placed above a larger figure of the protective deity Mahakala brandishing a sword encompassed by some female and male bodhisattvas, the lower register with Shri Devi riding her mule, three manifestations of Vaishravana and the four-armed Sadaksharilokeshvara, the reverse with the mantras ‘aum ah hum’.
Wear and damages due to age, water stains
