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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION
730
AN IMPORTANT IMPERIAL PAINTING
OF CHAKRASAMVARA
CHINA, DATED TO 13TH YEAR OF CHENGHUA,
CORRESPONDING TO 1477
24æ x 19 in. (62.8 x 48.2 cm.)
$300,000-500,000

PROVENANCE:
Property of a Private Asian Collector; Christie's New York,
17 October 2001, lot 68.
EXHIBITED:
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Columbus Museum
of Art, “The Circle of Bliss: Buddhist Meditational Art," 5
October 2003-9 May 2004.
LITERATURE:
J. Huntington and D. Bangdel, The Circle of Bliss: Buddhist
Meditational Art, Columbus, 2003, p. 299, cat. no. 83.
M. Weidner, “Beyond Yongle: Tibeto-Chinese Thangkas for
the Mid-Ming Court,” Artibus Asiae, vol. 69, no. 1, 2009, pp.
7–37, fig. 14.
Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 20645.

Cover and illustration from J. Huntington and D. Bangdel, The Circle of Bliss: Buddhist Mandala of Vajradhara, Manjushri and Sadakshari -Lokeshvara;
Meditational Art, Columbus, 2003, p. 299, cat. no. 83. China, Ming Dynasty, dated 1479; ink, opaque watercolor, and gold
on cotton cloth; 58 x 37 1/2 in. (147.3 x 95.3 cm); The Metropolitan
Museum of Art, New York; Gift of John and Evelyn Kossak, The
Kronos Collections, 1985.392.2.
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