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A THANGKA OF DAKINI
Tibet, 18th century
Distemper on cloth, with mount.
43 x 35cm (16 7/8 x 13 6/8in);
with silk mount: 104 x 69cm (41 x 27 1/8in).

£3,000 - 5,000
CNY26,000 - 44,000

十八世紀 空行母像唐卡

The central deity with a blue body, one face and
three rounded eyes, holding a sceptre in her right
hand and a skull cup in the left, adorned with
elaborate jewellery and standing with the right leg
drawn up in front of two crossed triangles filled with
the blazing fire of Pristine Awareness, surrounded by
a host of retinue figures including Bardo deities and
further Dakinis, Padmasambava and Simhamukha.

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A THANGKA OF WHITE TARA
Tibet, 18th/19th century
Distemper on cloth, 61 x 41cm (24 x 16 1/8in);
with silk mount: 123 x 75cm (48 3/8 x 29 1/2in)
£3,000 - 5,000
CNY26,000 - 44,000
十八/十九世紀 白度母唐卡

Provenance: a French private collection

來源：法國私人收藏

The main deity depicted seated in vajra posture on a
lotus pedestal, the right hand resting across the knee,
the left holding a stem of a blue blossoming flower,
wearing elaborate jewellery and coloured garments,
surrounded by a retinue of deities including Manjusri,
Avalokiteshvara and Amitayus, the reverse with a
stupa-shaped Tibetan inscription behind the central
figure consisting of sanctification and blessings
mantras in Sanskrit and Tibetan script.

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