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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION, SOLD BY ORDER OF THE EXECUTORS
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A THANGKA DEPICTING VAJRADHARA
TIBET, 15TH-16TH CENTURY
Vajradhara is seated in dhyanasana on a lotus base, hands crossed at the heart and carrying two vajras,
clad in a green dhoti and scarf and wearing multiple necklaces, bracelets and disc-shaped earings. The
deity has a serene expression with downcast eyes and hair upswept into an elaborate top knot beneath
a five-point tiara. Vajradhara is flanked by two bodhisattvas and is surrounded by registers of buddhas,
lamas and wrathful deities.
The panel, 28 3/4 in. x 21 1/2 in. (72.7 cm. x 54.6 cm.)
£20,000-40,000 US$26,000-51,000
€22,000-43,000
PROVENANCE:
Property from a Private English Collection, predominantly assembled in the 1970s and 1980s.
Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 24636.
The verso is inscribed om ah hum, imbuing the body, speech and mind of the Buddha. It also contains
the purification mantras: om shri ha ha hum hum phat/Om sarba vidya swaha. Then a verse from the
Heart of Dependent Arising Sutra which may be translated as "All dharmas originate from causes/The
tathagata has taught these causes/And also that which puts a stop to these casues/This too has been
taught by the Great Shramana."

英國私人珍藏, 由遺產執行人委託拍賣
西藏十五/十六世紀 金剛總持唐卡
來源:
英國私人珍藏,大多數於1970年代至1980年代購入

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