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A THANGKA OF PADMASAMBHAVA IN HIS PURE LAND A THANGKA OF SHAKYAMUNI AND THE THIRTY-FIVE
TIBET, 19TH CENTURY CONFESSION BUDDHAS
Distemper on cloth. TIBET, 19TH CENTURY
Himalayan Art Resources item no.61941 Distemper on cloth; with original silk mounts.
Image: 26 3/8 x 19 1/4 in. (67 x 49 cm); Himalayan Art Resources item no.61945
With silks: 47 x 28 in. (119 x 71 cm) Image: 25 x 17 5/8 in. (63.5 x 44.7 cm);
With silks: 47 x 29 in. (119 x 73.5 cm)
$5,000 - 7,000
$1,500 - 2,500
西藏 十九世紀 蓮花生大士居淨土唐卡
西藏 十九世紀 釋迦牟尼與三十五佛唐卡
On the mythical Copper Colored Mountain rising from the ocean,
Padmasambhava resides is his Pure Land, at the center of a glorious A closely related thangka of the same subject was sold at Bonhams,
palace, accompanied by Nyingma lineage masters, bodhisattvas, and San Francisco, 11 December 2015, lot 2008.
protector deities. Dakini’s gambol around the palace’s outer wall, its
gates are protected by directional guardians, and an auspicious rainbow Provenance
encircles Padmasambhava’s paradise. The thangka compares favorably Private Charlottesville Collection
to another example in the Museum der Kulturen, Basel, (HAR 3313782). Thence by descent

Provenance
Private Charlottesville Collection
Thence by descent

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