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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 307

A THANGKA DEPI CTING RENDAWA ZHONNU LODRO, TIBET, CIRCA 1800
Estimate: 10,000 - 15,000 USD

PROPERTY FROM AN EAST COAST COLLECTION
A THANGKA DEPICTING RENDAWA ZHONNU LODRO
TIBET, CIRCA 1800

35 by 24 in. (89 by 61 cm)

the lama seated in vajraparyankasana on a lotus petal throne with offerings in front consisting of a kundika, a patra with bilva fruit,
a sieve and vase with flowers, wearing a red and gold dhonka embroidered with a phoenix and foliate motif and an elaborately
decorated patchwork sanghati, the right hand of the lama extended in varada mudra, the left resting in his lap in samadhi mudra,
wearing a yellow pandita hat, to the right of the figure sits a mendicant's staff or khakkhara surrounded by stacks of bounded
sutras, to the left a large red and blue pitaka basket, all framed by an embellished throne back decorated with golden dragon finials
holding flaming jewels, surrounded by scenes depicting the life of the lama, a devotional monk in the bottom right holding a Mt.
Meru mandala offering, all set in a mountainous blue and green landscape rich with flowers and foliage

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13722.

Provenance
Acquired 1970s

Catalogue Note
The present painting and the following 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

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