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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF MRS. ANGELA orange painted throne within a palace complex For similar compositional comparisons, see the
JUCKER-GRUNAUER in the clouds, with Dharmaraja Sureshana seated one in the Tibet House Museum, New Delhi,
A THANGKA DEPICTING A KING OF directly above, Heruka Kalachakra pictured in the on Himalayan Art Resources item no. 71922
SHAMBHALA (MANJUSHRIKIRTI) upper left, blue in color with consort are staged and in the Rubin Museum of Art collection, see
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 132. See also
on a floating lotus base with billowing pink clouds
Tibet, Narthang Style, 18th/19th Century above, at the bottom is a protector red in color Hugo E. Kreiger, Tibetan Painting, The Jucker
and riding on a horse, all set within a landscape Collection, Boston, 2001, p. 84, no. 27.
Manjushrikirti richly adorned in undulating
silk brocaded robes of green, orange blue and rich in flowers and foliage
gold, wearing gold pendant earrings and an Himalayan Art Resources item no. 89151. $ 7,000-9,000
embellished gold crown affixed with jewels, 28⅜ by 17⅜ in. (72 by 44 cm.)
with right hand held in vitarka mudra and his
left hand holding manuscripts wrapped with PROVENANCE
a khata, seated in a three-quarter pose on a Acquired between 1959-2005.
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