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A THANGKA OF AMITABHA BUDDHA A THANGKA OF GREEN TARA A NAKTHANG OF MAHAPRATISARA
Tibet, 18th/19th century Tibet, 19th century Tibet, 14th century
Distemper on cloth, mounted on a silk Distemper on cloth, the bejewelled deity Outlined in gilt on dark blue silk, the six-
brocade scroll. 66cm (26in) x 43.5cm (17 seated in lalitasana on a lotus throne, the armed, four-faced Bodhisattva, emanation
1/8in) deity floating against an idyllic landscape of the ‘jewel-born’ Ratnasabhava, seated
above a flaming kapala, with two emanations in padmasana on a lotus cushion over an
£800 - 1,200 at each top corner edge. 54cm (21 1/4in) x elaborate throne back held by two makaras,
CNY7,100 - 11,000 41.5cm (16 1/4in) the deity holding an array of attributes,
HK$8,800 - 13,000 mostly associated with the act of ‘cutting
£1,000 - 1,500 away illusions’, including a bow and arrow, a
Provenance CNY8,800 - 13,000 discus, as well as a ghanta and vajra, flanked
at either side by four further goddesses,
Gifted to the vendor’s father by Heinrich HK$11,000 - 16,000 mounted on frame.
Harrer (1912-2006), and thence by descent. 12.9cm (5in) x 55.5cm (22 in)

Harrer was an Austrian mountaineer,
sportsman, geographer, and author. He is best £1,000 - 2,000
known for his autobiographical book Seven CNY8,800 - 18,000
Years in Tibet, 1952, which describes his HK$11,000 - 22,000
experience as a salaried government official in
Tibet during the years of World War II.

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