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A GROUP OF THREE THANGKAS
Tibet, 19th century
Comprising: distemper on cloth, a black-
ground thangka of Magzor Gyalmo picked
out in gilt, 53.5cm (21in) x 39.5cm (15
3/8in); distemper on cloth, a red-ground
portrait of a lama wearing a pandita hat, all
outlined in gilt, 68cm (26 3/4in) x 47.5cm (18
5/8in); and distemper on silk, a red-black
ground thangka of seated Amitayus, with
gilt outlines, 61.5cm (24 1/8in) x 44.5cm (17
1/2in) (3).
£1,500 - 2,000
HK$16,000 - 21,000
CNY13,000 - 18,000

Provenance: Ravi Kumar, Paris
Fournier Collection, Paris, acquired from the
above in the 1980’s

653
A MANDALA OF WHITE TARA
18th century
Distemper on cloth; the central deity with her
right hand in the gesture of generosity whilst
holding a ghanta, the left holding a vajra,
surrounded by eight emanations, with twelve
seated monks to the exterior of the Mandala.
28cm (11 in) x 26.5cm (10 ½ in)

£1,000 - 1,500
HK$10,000 - 16,000
CNY8,800 - 13,000
Provenance: Ravi Kumar, Paris
Fournier Collection, Paris, acquired from the
above in the 1980’s
654
A THANGKA OF AMITAYUS
Tibet, 19th century
Distemper on cloth; the deity, red in colour,
seated in padmasana before a lake,
surrounded by Shadakshari Lokeshvara,
Padmasambhava, and Amithabha above,
and Ushnishavijaya, Green Tara and White 655
Tara below. 64cm (25 1/8in) x 47cm (18
1/2in) 655
A NINE-DEITY MANDALA OF Shadakshari Lokeshvara and a further
£1,500 - 2,000 USHNISHAVIJAYA four-armed deity at the top, a Mahakala
HK$16,000 - 21,000 Tibet or Nepal, 18th/19th century at the centre bottom between two rows
CNY13,000 - 18,000 With three faces and eight arms, the deity of precants and offerings, all above a long
variously holding a book, a flower, and the inscription, Chinese silk mounts.
Provenance: Ravi Kumar, Paris vase holding the Elixir of life, surrounded by 85.5cm (33 5/8in) x 62cm (24 3/8in)
Fournier Collection, Paris, acquired from the eight two-armed emanations each seated
above in the 1980’s within a lotus petal, the palace luxuriously £3,000 - 5,000
decorated and surrounded by flames, all on HK$31,000 - 52,000
a background of allegorical, hagiographical CNY26,000 - 44,000
scenes, with Amithaba flanked by

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