Page 11 - 2020 Sept 22 Himalayin and Indian Works of Art Sotheby's NYC Asia Week

9/2/2020 Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Works of Art | Sotheby's

Indian, Hi ma layan & Southeast Asian Works of Art
New York |22 Sep 2020 | 12:00 PM EDT

Lot 308

A THANGKA DEPI CTING ATISHA , TIBET, CIRCA 1800
Estimate: 10,000 - 15,000 USD

PROPERTY FROM AN EAST COAST COLLECTION
A THANGKA DEPICTING ATISHA
TIBET, CIRCA 1800

34 ¾ by 24 in. (88.3 by 61 cm)

Atisha seated cross-legged with hands in dharmachakra mudra, wearing the distinctive hat with hanging lappets common to
Indian panditas and loose, flowing robes embellished with Chinese style phoenixes, seated atop an ornate lotus throne, flanked by
his identifying implements of the pitaka surrounded by manuscripts, alms bowl, chilug, and kadampa stupa, scenes from the life of
the saint frame the figure, set in a green and blue landscape with foliage, flowers and animals

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13721.

Provenance
Acquired 1970s

Catalogue Note
The present painting and the previous thangka come from the Lamrim (Stages of the Path) Gelug Tradition Lineage set of
paintings composed in the last half of the 18th century or the first half of the 19th century. Jeff Watt identifies sixteen paintings
coming from the same set, of which the number of paintings in the entire set is still unknown. Two from this set are in the
collection of the Rubin Museum of Art.

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