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PROPERTY FROM A DANISH PRIVATE COLLECTION
A THANGKA DEPICTING PRAJNAPARAMITA
TIBET, 19TH CENTURY
distemper on cloth
the four-armed female bodhisattva seated in
vajraparyankasana on a snow lion throne draped with a
cloth depicting a dharma wheel, with each hand holding
an attribute, framed by an ornamented aureole with a
garuda at the apex with arms outstretched, surrounded
by further deities
41 by 62 cm, 16⅛ by 24⅜ in.
PROVENANCE
Collection of Astrid Ibsen-Sørensen (1892-1987), collected in
China before 1936.
In the family by descent.
£ 4,000-6,000
HK$ 39,100-59,000 US$ 5,000-7,500
十九世紀 藏傳般若佛母唐卡 設色布本

來源
Astrid Ibsen-Sorensen 收藏，於1936年購自中國，
此後家族傳承

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A THANGKA REPRESENTING THE
MANIFESTATION OF TSONGKHAPA
TIBET, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

distemper on cloth
with the preferred disciple Kedrup shown in the lower left
hand corner outside the Ganden monastery performing
a ritual offering after the death of his master Tsongkhapa
during which Tsongkhapa suddenly manifests himself
to him on a cloud depicted to the right of the painting,
with the paradise of Maitreya depicted in the upper right
hand corner and the realm of gods in the upper left hand
corner
66 by 42.8 cm, 26 by 16⅞ in.
Compare a similar subject painting illustrated in Gilles
Béguin, Les Peintures du Bouddhisme Tibétain, Paris, 1995,
p. 404, cat. No. 312.

£ 4,000-6,000
HK$ 39,100-59,000 US$ 5,000-7,500
十八/十九世紀
藏傳宗喀巴皈依境圖唐卡 設色布本

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