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Lot 49
A Thangka depicting a wrathful Bon deity
Estimated Value:
1.500 € - 2.500 €
Result:
incl. Premium and VAT
Description:
Tibet, ca. 18th c.76 x 58 cm
The centre with a wrathful Bon deity standing in alidhasana on a pair of figures crawling over the lotus base placed on a throne, his principle arms embracing his consort, the others radiating around his body, his triple-faced head topped with a flaming hairdo set with three horse-heads, surrounded by many Bon priests and deities and the lower register with a Bon priest making offerings, the reverse with many inscriptions in Tibetan dBu.can script.
South German private collection, acquired at on 7 May 2016 at Nagel, 736A, lot 156 (copy of invoice available) Former property from an old and important German private collection of Tibetan art, assembled between 1965 and 1995 in Germany, mainly bought from Schoettle East Asian Art in Stuttgart - Wear, minor age damage
