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A thangka of Nyingma hierarch A thangka of Yungton Dorjepel
Tibet, 18th century Tibet, 19th century
Distemper on cloth; seated before an altar table on an elaborate Distemper on cloth; before an audience of three disciples, the
throne with mythical creatures and celestial beings, holding a ghanta Panchen Lama offers a fermented skull cup to the wrathful deity
and bumpa, and wearing a Nyingma lineage hat; hierarchs, deities, billowing from the clouds of smoke invoked by the ritual offerings; with
herukas, and protector deities abound. a partial Tibetan inscription in the bottom border.
Image: 39 3/4 x 26 in. (101 x 66 cm) Image: 27 3/8 x 16 in. (70 x 41 cm)
$5,000 - 8,000 $3,000 - 5,000

Referenced This painting originally belonged to a set depicting the previous lives of
HAR – himalayanart.org/image.cfm/41205.html the Panchen Lama, deriving its composition from a set of woodblock
prints associated with Narthang monastery. Earlier examples can be
Provenance found the Musee Guimet, see Beguin, Art ésotérique de l’Himâlaya,
Private English Collection, 1970s/80s-present Paris, 1990, p. 111, no. 60 and another sold at Christie’s, New York,
16 September 2014, lot 292

In the surrounding mountainous landscape, Rakta Yamari and Vajra
Vetali appear at top left, a teacher holding a sutra at top right, and
Mahakala Gonpo Legpen appears at the bottom.

Referenced
HAR – himalayanart.org/image.cfm/41206.html

Provenance
Private English Collection, 1979-present

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