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9/2/2020 Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Works of Art | Sotheby's

Indian, Hi ma layan & Southeast Asian Works of Art
New York |22 Sep 2020 | 12:00 PM EDT

Lot 304

A THANGKA DEPI CTING CHUDAPANTAKA AND KANAKAVATSA , TIBET, 19TH CENTUR Y
Estimate: 4,000 - 6,000 USD

ANOTHER PROPERTY
A THANGKA DEPICTING CHUDAPANTAKA AND KANAKAVATSA
TIBET, 19TH CENTURY

25 ⅜ by 15 in. (64.5 by 38.1 cm)

the arhat Chudapantaka seated on a throne chair at left, wearing elaborate brocaded robes, with a gray beard and pate, a devotee
sitting beneath, the arhat Kanakavatsa seated on the right in three-quarter pose, wearing patchwork robes of red and orange and
holding a long jeweled lasso in both hands, seated on a rock platform under a blossoming tree, with two devotees on either side, all
set amidst foliage, rocks, trees and wildlife

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13728.

Provenance
Private Collection of Henry Dormann, gifted by the 14th Dalai Lama, circa 2002

Catalogue Note
Henry O. Dormann (1938 - 2018) was an entrepreneur, author and the Chairman and Editor-in-chief of LEADERS magazine.
Throughout his life he met with some of the most influential leaders of his time, including the 14th Dalai Lama who gifted him this
thangka. In his book, The Speaker's Book of Quotations, Random House Publishing Group, 2002, Kindle Edition, Dormann says,

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