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A BLACK-GROUND THANGKA OF PADMASAMBHAVA
17TH-18TH CENTURY
The thankga is decorated in gilt and red pigments on a black ground and features Padmasambhava seated
holding a vajra in his raised right hand and a skull cup in his left, with a khatvanga resting against his left
shoulder, all before a nimbus mandorla decorated with fowers. The fgure is surrounded by further deities
such as Mahakala and Ksitigarbha.
The thangka, 11¿ x 8 in. (28.2 x 20.3 cm.), brocade mount
£5,000-8,000 $6,600-10,000
€5,600-8,900
清十七/十八世紀 黑地描金蓮花生唐卡

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