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229 Two Tibetan thangkas
A Tibetan lacquered-wood rectangular carved One depicting a roaring three-eyed and pig-nosed Mahakala with a
panel vajra in the right hand and a parasol in the left and wearing a belt of
Probably 15th century human heads suspending a tiger skin and standing on two naked
The panel carved with three incarnations of the Buddha, each seated human figures, surrounded by other incarnations ranging from
on a pedestal and surrounded by a flaming mandorla set with pairs of fiercesome deities and leopards feeding on corpses at the bottom
apsaras, the figures flanked by further smaller Buddhist figures each to serene deities floating on clouds at the top, silk frame and cover,
balancing between a pair of flaming pearls, all surrounded by thickly Ming Dynasty, 53cm x 36cm (20 7/8in x 14 1/8in); the other depicting
scrolling flames and bordered by lappets radiating from two floral a dark-skinned animalistic deity raising up a vajra in the right hand
medallions and six of the Buddhist Symbols, the wood lacquered and a human-headed dagger in the left, seated atop a snarling tiger
with traces of gilding. 73.3cm x 26.8cm (29in x 10½in) crouching on top of two human figures, the figure above Buddhist
£4,000 - 6,000 acolytes circumambulating a stupa and surrounded by further
HK$50,000 - 75,000 CNY39,000 - 59,000 palaces amid mountains filled with Buddhist followers, silk frame and
cover, 18th/19th century, 46cm x 33cm (18in x 13in). (2).
或十五世紀 西藏漆木雕佛紋板 £4,000 - 6,000
HK$50,000 - 75,000 CNY39,000 - 59,000

230 明 大黑天唐卡
A thangka depicting the Green Tara 十八/十九世紀 騎虎佛唐卡
18th century (共兩件)
Finely painted with a figure of Green Tara delicately clasping a Provenance: a German private collection
blossoming lotus stem in each hand, seated in lalitasana above a 來源：德國私人收藏
lotus pedestal and surrounded by a multitude of similar incarnations
of the Goddess holding a single lotus stem over the left shoulder,
mounted on a later silk scroll. 70cm x 46cm (27½in x 18 1/8in)
£6,000 - 10,000
HK$75,000 - 120,000 CNY59,000 - 98,000

十八世紀 綠度母唐卡