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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 312

AN APPL IQUÉ THANGKA DEPI CTING RATNASAMBHAVA , TIBET 17TH/18TH CENTUR Y
Estimate: 30,000 - 50,000 USD

PROPERTY FROM AN EAST COAST COLLECTION
AN APPLIQUÉ THANGKA DEPICTING RATNASAMBHAVA
TIBET 17TH/18TH CENTURY

31 ½ by 26 in. (80 by 66 cm)

the Buddha in gold seated in dhyanasana, his face showing a benign expression with eyes tilted down in meditation, an urna at the
center of the forehead, wearing a brocaded sanghati decorated with auspicious symbols, the long fingers of the right hand extend
in the characteristic gesture of generosity, seated atop a blue petal lotus throne supported with lions and draped with a throne
cloth depicting a vishvavajra, surrounded by an aureole of blue and gold and floral halo, all set in a blue landscape decorated with
large blossoms, mountain peaks and ducks in a pond

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13723.

Provenance
Acquired 1970s

Catalogue Note
The making of appliqué images called gos sku or "fabric images" consisted of using various pieces of cut silk embroidery sewn
together to create an image rendered in the style and format of a thangka painting. By using a sampling of fabrics "resembling
collage", appliqué images reveal a highly stylized and more abstracted form than that of a traditional thangka painting. (P.
Pal, Himalayas: An Aesthetic Adventure, Chicago, 2003, p 252.)

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