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A THANGKA OF A TEACHER, LAMA
Tibet, 19th century
Wearing a red Pandita hat, with a curly moustache and goatee,
the teacher seated on a square throne under a fruit tree before a
standing attendant carrying a book and an Indian adept seated on
the ground, with Manjushri floating on a cloud above, two tigers by
the river in front of the throne.
45cm (17 3/4in) x 34cm (13 5/8in)
£1,200 - 1,800
HK$12,000 - 18,000
CNY11,000 - 16,000
Provenance
Navin Kumar, Paris
Fournier Collection, Paris
A private European collection, acquired from the above in the 1980’s

288
A THANGKA OF FIVE ARHATS
Tibet, 18th century
Distemper on cloth; the five Elders each with standing attendant
seated in a forest, the first, either Ajita, Chudapantaka or
Kanakabharadvaja, with his hands in the meditation pose, above
seated Nagasena with staff and alms bowl, Pantaka holding a
book and practising the dharma at the bottom right before two
leopards, Pindola with book and alms bowl at the centre and Rahula,
Shakyamuni’s son, at the top left holding a bejewelled tiara, a gift
from the gods of the Heaven of the Thirty-three, all under a figure of
Padmasambhava up above.
74.5cm (29 3/8in) x 53.2cm (21in)
£2,000 - 3,000
HK$20,000 - 31,000 288
CNY18,000 - 27,000
Provenance
Navin Kumar, Paris
Fournier Collection, Paris
A private European collection, acquired from the above in the 1980’s

The Sixteen Great Arhats are generally painted as part of a set,
either as single figures or in groups of two to five figures. The full
group would include the Buddha Shakyamuni, the sixteen Arhats,
the attendant Dharmatala, the patron Hva-shang and the Four
Guardians of the Directions - Vaishravana, Virupaksha, Dritarashtra
and Virudhaka.

289
A MANDALA OF A DAKINI
19th/20th century
Set within an upside-down triangle within a six-pointed star, the
female deity naked, red in colour, dancing on a river of blood whilst
holding a vajra and a skull cup, surrounded by further dakinis and
couples in yab-yum, all within the square palace circled by a row
of lotus petals, vajra, flames and charnel grounds, with the five
Buddhas, with central Akshobya at the top of the painting, above a
row of five multi-armed female deities and two dakinis, with further
five multi-armed meditational deities, two protectors and two further
dakinis at the bottom of the painting, all mounted in silk.
66.5cm (26 1/8in) x 48.5cm (19 1/8in)
£2,000 - 3,000
HK$20,000 - 31,000
CNY18,000 - 27,000
Provenance
Navin Kumar, Paris
Fournier Collection, Paris
A private European collection, acquired from the above in the 1980’s
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