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A PAINTING OF TSERINGMA A PAINTING OF VAISHRAVANA
TIBET, 18TH CENTURY TIBETO-CHINESE, 18TH CENTURY

Seated in dhyanasana on a lotus base with the right hand holding an Seated on a lion at center holding a banner in his right hand and a
arrow with silk streamers and the left a mirror, clad in a billowing jewel-spewing mongoose in his left, dressed in ornate armor, the face
dhoti and adorned with a streaming sash and ornate jewelry, backed with bulging eyes, surrounded by eight warriors on horseback
by a nimbus and aureole, surrounded by various fgures, all within a Opaque pigments and gold on textile
verdant landscape 20 x 14Ω in. (50.8 x 36.8 cm)
Opaque pigments and gold on textile
24 x 16√ in. (61 x 43 cm.) $12,000-18,000

$8,000-12,000 PROVENANCE:

PROVENANCE: Private collection, Colorado, acquired by 1 June 1989

Estate of Alberta Drake, Colorado PUBLISHED:
Private collection, Colorado, acquired 17-18 August 2013
Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), item no. 23948
PUBLISHED:
Vaishravana is a worldly guardian and leader of the yaksha race, venerated
Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), item no. 23950 as both a protector and benefactor. He is here shown with eight horsemen,
starting clockwise with Atavaka holding a lance at top left, Vajrapani with
Starting clockwise from the upper left corner is Red Jambhala, Kurukulla, a goddess fgure on the level below, Manibhadra holding a jewel, Panchika
Padmasambhava at top center, Vasudhara, White Jambhala, Black holding a palace, Kubera holding a sword, Bijakundalin holding a sword,
Jambhala, Red Vaishravana, and Yellow Jambhala. Black Jambhala, Jambhala holding a jewel, Samjneya holding a curved
sword, and Purnabhadra holding a vase.

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