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A THANGKA OF ARYADEVA
Tibet, 18th century
Distemper on cloth; Aryadeva sitting on an animal skin displaying
the gesture of debating, below smaller figures of Nagarjuna and
Cakrasamvara, and above four-armed Mahakala, all surrounded
by a detailed Chinese-style blue and green mountain landscape
background, framed and glazed.
17 3/4in (45cm) height of image exclusive of brocade border
32 1/2 (82.5cm) height of frame

$5,000 - 7,000
A disciple of Nagarjuna, Aryadeva was a great Buddhist philosopher
who composed several important texts including the Catusataka
(400 verses). This painting was probably from a set of 12 thangkas
depicting the religious origin of the Panchen Lamas. Another thangka
of the same subject and almost identical composition is in the
collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, see Wang Jiapeng (ed.),
Tangka-Buddhist Painting of Tibet, Hong Kong, 2006, p. 26, no. 22.

Provenance
Leo Van der Veen Collection, Canada, before 1975
Thence by descent

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A THANGKA OF YAMA DHARMARAJA
Tibet, 19th Century
Distemper on cloth; Yama Dhamaraja and his consort Chamundi
surrounded by their fearsome retinue and with Vajrabhairava Heruka,
the meditational deity they protect, at top center; framed and glazed.
24 1/2in (62cm) total height inclusive of frame

$2,000 - 3,000
Provenance
Leo Van der Veen Collection, Canada, before 1975
Thence by descent

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