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           PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF MRS. ANGELA   orange and red fringed canopy, accompanied by   surrounded further by smoking dark clouds, richly
           JUCKER-GRUNAUER                  an orange striped tiger in a lush blue and green   adorned in royal attire of silks and brocades
           A THANGKA DEPICTING              mountainous landscape, below in front to the   Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13640.
           DHARMATALA, VAISHRAVANA AND      right Dhritarashtra, Guardian of the East, white   23 by 16½ in. (58.4 by 42 cm.)
           VIRUDHAKA                        in color, strumming a lute, adorned with a golden
                                            crown decorated with jewels and earrings, tassels
           Tibet, 17th/18th Century         and ribbons, his head surrounded by a flaming   PROVENANCE
                                            aureole, richly attired in brocaded garments, to   Acquired between 1959-2005.
           Dharmatala with black hair piled on the top of   the left Virudhaka, Guardian of the South, blue
           his head, the right hand holding a flywhisk with   in color with large bulbous eyes gazing to the   $ 7,000-9,000
           a red handle, the left hand holding a red and   side, the right hand holding an erect sword, the
           gold water flask, wearing a long blue robe held
           together with an orange sash, on his back he   left holding a flaming jewel, adorned with an
                                            ornate golden jeweled crown, the flaming aureole
           carries a red travelling case topped with a circular
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