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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTOR

A THANGKA DEPICTING
VAJRAHERUKA
TIBET, 18TH CENTURY

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13425.

the erce three-headed meditational deity with
consort, standing in alidhasana atop a lotus throne
in a ery prabha, grasping a kila in the primary hands
at center, with Amitabha, Buddha Shakyamuni and
a Shamar lama in upper register, with White Tara, a

erce protector and green Tara in lower register
18½ by 11¾ in., 47 by 29.9 cm

PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s New York, 26th March 1999, lot 393.

$ 2,000-3,000

大啷ġ⋩ℓᶾ䲨ġġġ慹∃湹欗▶Ⓒ⌉

1180

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR.
JOHN MANN SOLD TO BENEFIT THE CENTER OF
SPIRITUAL AWAKENING

A THANGKA DEPICTING THE
PROTECTOR NAKPO NUJIN
TIBET, 17TH CENTURY

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13076.
35 by 26½ in., 88.9 by 67.3 cm

PROVENANCE
Rudi Oriental Arts, New York City, 1960s.

Nagpo Nujin appears at center, together with his
consort Nagmo Nujin, two sons Putra and Batra, and
daughter Singmo in a semi-circle around him.

$ 4,000-6,000

大啷ġ⋩ᶫᶾ䲨ġġġ䐒⑰▶㉱Ⓒ⌉

1181

A THANGKA DEPICTING
BHAISAJYAGURU
QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH
CENTURY

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13424.

the deity seated in vajraparyankasana on a lotus
throne, the lowered left hand holding a bumpa lled
with amrita, the lowered right hand grasping the
stem of a myrobalan fruit, with Buddha Muchalinda
at upper register center, the o erings of the

ve senses below the throne, with bodhisattvas
Manjushri and Avalokiteshvara seated at lower left
and right
40¾ by 26½ in., 103.6 by 67.4 cm

$ 3,000-5,000

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