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A THANGKA, DEPICTING SUBHUTI
PREACHING TO THE NAGAS AND
GARUDAS
TIBET, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
ink and colour on cloth, mounted on silk, the
deity, protector of the Nagas, is portrayed
seated in lalisatana next to a river, accompanied
by divinities in the background and various
mythical beasts in a landscape with trees,
flowers and rocks, all beneath stylised clouds,
Perspex frame
69.8 by 40.6 cm, 27½ by 16 in.
PROVENANCE
Christie’s South Kensington, 16th May 2014,
lot 947.
W £ 8,000-12,000
HK$ 82,500-124,000 US$ 10,500-15,800
西藏 十八/十九世紀 班禪喇嘛
源流-須菩提唐卡
來源
倫敦南肯辛頓佳士得2014年5月14日,
編號947
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