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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF MRS. ANGELA
JUCKER-GRUNAUER
A THANGKA DEPICTING DORJE
SHUGDEN
Tibet, 18th/19th Century
red in color with fierce eyes and fanged teeth,
bearing a wavy sword, chula, in his right hand and
holding a human heart to his chest with his left,
richly attired in brocaded robes and wearing a
sakshu, or golden hat, surrounded in an aureole
of flames riding atop a white snow lion with a
green mane, overhead sits Padmasambhava
surmounted by four-armed Shadakshari
Lokeshvara, surrounded further by other deities
including Manjushri, Mahakala, Chakrasamvara,
Amitayus, White Tara and other wrathful
protectors, all set in a green mountainous
landscape
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 89176.
19½ by 25 in. (49.5 by 63.5 cm.)
PROVENANCE
Acquired between 1959-2005.

LITERATURE
H. Kreijger, Tibetan Painting, The Jucker
959 Collection, 2001, illus. p. 126, no. 48.
$ 4,000-6,000

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