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A REFUGE FIELD THANGKA OF SHAKYAMUNI One the most distinctive compositions within late Tibetan thangka
AND THE LAMRIM LINEAGE painting, this work is a comprehensive summation of the Gelug
TIBET, 19TH CENTURY teaching lineage as it originated from the primordial Buddha,
Distemper on cloth; mounted with original silks. Vajradhara (located in the heart of the central figure of Shakyamuni’s
Himalayan Art Resources item no.61581 chest), throughout the Gelug succession of hierarchs, and further
Image: 23 3/4 x 16 in. (58.7 x 40.6 cm); expounded, embodied, or protected by its various deities.
With silks: 46 x 27 in. (116.8 x 68.5 cm)
Vajradhara appears again at the apex of the painting’s sophisticated
$10,000 - 15,000 configuration, within a section that traces the Gelug’s teachings to its
roots in Buddhism’s homeland of India. Direct comparison may be
西藏 十九世紀 格鲁派皈依境唐卡 found between this painting and one in the Hahn Cultural Foundation,
published in Kimiaki, Art of Thangka, Seoul, 2001, p.39, no.12.

Provenance
American Private Collection

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