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A WOOD PRAJNAPARAMITA SUTRA COVER
82 | BONHAMS Tibet, 15th century
With Vairochana, Prajnaparamita, and Shakyamuni seated within
glorious areoles; the end section with a kirtimukha mask.
11 3/8 x 29 3/8 in. (28.9 x 74.6 cm)
$4,000 - 6,000

西藏 十五世紀 木雕般若波羅蜜多經板

Superbly carved with diminutive deities and lamas including Phagmo
Drupa Dorje Gyalpo (1110-1170), the founder of the Shakya Dagpo
Kagyu school associated with Densatil monastery. Appearing
with his hands in dharmachakrapavartina mudra and wearing his
encompassing robe in the distinctive style.

Of a high quality elicited in the undercut snakes held above
Vairochana. Compare to an example on the front cover of Selig
Brown, Protecting Wisdom, New York, 2012 (also pp. 156-7, no. 34).
Also see Fashen Fanxiang-Xizhang Fojiao Yishu Zhan, Taipei, 2012,
pp. 137 & 165, nos. 93 & 117.

Referenced
HAR - himalayanart.org/items/33056

Provenance
Private New York Collection, acquired in Europe before 1983

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A DOUBLE-SIDED RAKSHA YANTRA WOODBLOCK
Tibet, 19th century
Recto with script circling a lotus mandala; verso with horse
caparisoned with vase of plenty.
24 3/4 x 26 1/2 in. (62.8 x 67.3 cm)
$2,000 - 3,000

西藏 十九世紀 雙面羅剎護符紋木雕板

For another block printing panel of the same scale and possibly the
same series of a mandala of Samantabhadra is in the Collection of
Juan Li, see Pal, Tibet: Tradition and Change, Albuquerque, 1997, p.
156, pl. 78. A silk astrological chart imprinted by a similar woodblock
was sold by Bonhams, New York, 17 Mar 2014, lot 47.

Referenced
HAR - himalayanart.org/items/33045

Provenance
Private US Collection
Acquired in Kathmandu in the early 1960s