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A THANGKA OF SHAKYAMUNI The central figure wearing a ruyi shawl over loose patchwork robes,
Tibet, circa 1850 adorned with elaborate jewellery and a foliate tiara, his right hand in
Distemper on cloth, 61cm (24in) wide x 41cm (16in) long. bhumisparsha mudra, seated on a lotus throne with posts entwined
by clambering dragons, flanked on the lower register by a further
£7,000 - 10,000 image of Buddha Shakyamuni to his right and Ekamatrka Shi Devi, or
CNY63,000 - 89,000 Lokesh Chandra, to the left. On the upper register Amitayus is flanked
by Ushnîshavijayâ and Sita Tara, to the right and left. The Newari
inscription at the back, reads ‘Homage to Shakyamuni: the holy date
西藏 約1850年 彩繪釋迦牟尼佛唐卡 of the Newar year 879, on the 6th day of the month of Vaishakha
(corresponding to April-May 1850), when the eldest brother Shri Jiva
Provenance: a European private collection Narasimha died in Lhasa, Tibet, this image of Shri Shri Shri Buddha
Shakyamuni was dedicated accordingly in his name with full devotion
來源： 歐洲私人收藏 by his brothers, namely Shr Birkusa and Shiva Narasimha. Wishing all
the family the best blessings in life’. According to a study by the Newar
Published and illustrated: E.Lo Bue, Tibet, Dimora Degli Dei, Milano, scholar, Gautama Vajracharya, presented at the conference titled
1991, p.35, no.5 and E.Lo Bue, Immagini di Fede nel Mondo Tibetano Himalayas. An Aesthetic Adventure, held in Chicago on 6th April 2003,
e Himalayano, Firenze, p.25, no.3. the present thangka was likely painted in Lhasa.

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