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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLORADO COLLECTION
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A PAINTING OF A MOUNTAIN DEITY, MAGYEL POMRA
EASTERN TIBET, KHAM PROVINCE, 18TH CENTURY with Pelpung Monastery in Kham Province in Southeast Tibet. The fgures
Image 20æ x 12√ in. (52.7 x 32.7 cm.) depicted here are mountain deities, converted to protectors of the dharma by
Padmasambhava in the eighth century.
$15,000-20,000
At center is Magyel Pomra, named after the mountain range in the Golok
area of Eastern Tibet over which he presides. He is accompanied by Yigchen
PROVENANCE Rabde Nyenpo, Genyen Dorje Gyurme, Jowo Dorje Kundrag, Dorje Dragdul
Acquired from Peaceful Wind Gallery, Santa Fe, 1994-1996, by repute.
and Nyenchen Thanglha. Compare the composition and painting style with
another eighteen century Eastern Tibetan thankga depicting Mountain God
The current work is from a distinct tradition known as ‘Karma Gardri’, created
Amnye Cha Kyung in the collection of the Rubin Museum of Art, New York
by the eighteenth century Kagyu lama Situ Panchen (1700-1744), associated
(acc. no. C2006.66.8, Himalayan Art Resource item no. 141).
Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 24523.