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           A THANGKA OF PANCHEN LAMA, WENSAPA LOBSANG DONDRUP
           TIBET, 19TH CENTURY
           Distemper on cloth; recto with Tibetan inscription in gold on the bottom black
           text box, translated: ‘Fifth left // At the feet of Dharma Vajra, I received teachings
           and empowerment of the Great wheel of dharma / I bow to the feet of a lord, who
           actually enslaved the karmic lord of death.’
           Himalayan Art Resources item no. 4732
           Image: 69 x 40 cm (27 1/8 x 15 3/4 in.)
           With silks: 114 x 66 cm (44 7/8 x 26 in.)

           HKD160,000 - 300,000
           西藏 十九世紀 三世班禪恩薩羅桑丹珠唐卡

           Wensapa Lobzang Dondrub (1505-64) was posthumously granted the title of the
           Third Panchen Lama. He studied the Mahamudra teachings of Tsongkhapa with
           Chokyi Dorje, who appears in a circular rainbow halo in the upper left corner of
           the painting. Seated within an idyllic verdant landscape, Wensapa is surrounded
           by a congregation of students ready to receive his instruction from the sutra
           set before them. Appearing in the upper right corner is the Buddhist protector
           Mahachakra Vajrapani floating in a blanket of clouds while in the bottom right is
           Yama Dharmaraja emerging from brown, dense-packed flames.

           This painting is an iteration of the famous Narthang Panchen Lama set, one
           sold at Sotheby’s, New York, 16 March 2016, lot 739 and another located in the
           Natural History Museum, New York (HAR 94423), for which they both share a
           similar treatment in the clouds and palette with the present lot.

           Provenance
           Spink & Son Ltd., London, December 1984
           Private New York Collection









































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