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PROPERTY FROM ANOTHER OWNER THANGKAS FROM THE VAN DER WEE COLLECTION

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A THANGKA OF TARA WHO PROTECTS FROM THE DANGER A GOLD-GROUND THANGKA OF AKSHOBYA
OF FIRE Tibet, 18th/19th century
Eastern Tibet, circa 19th century Distemper on cloth; as identified by his princely raiment, the erect
Of tall rectangular section, rendered in a bright pastel palette to vajra in his resting left palm and the right hand held in the earth
depict the deity attired in bright red multi-layered neck-to-ankle robes witness bhumisparsha mudra, the main figure seated upon a lotus
and seated in a garden replete with auspicious traditionally Han plinth reversed by an elaborate mandorla and surrounded by a
Chinese symbols: cranes, dragons, deer, even Magu presenting a celestial paradise with Buddhas and Bodhisattvas; framed and
peach; framed and glazed. glazed.
26in (66cm) visual height of image Himalayan Art Resources item no.100657
22 1/2in (57.2cm) visible height of image
US$4,000 - 6,000
US$6,000 - 8,000
This finely painted thangka is from a set devoted to Green Tara and
her capacity to protect from the Eight Dangers. A complete set of Provenance
the same is held in the Rubin Museum of Art, including an example The Van Der Wee Collection, Belgium, acquired in Antwerp, 4 June
of this composition obviously drawn from the same woodblock 1969
prototype. See Mullin & Watt, Female Buddhas, New York. Sante Fe,
2003, pp.88-9. 8017
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