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Lot Essay
This thangka closely relates to a group now in the University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology, originally acquired by Walter Koelz in the 1920s and 30s.
At the top left of this painting appears the Indian masters Atisha with Dromton and Putowa. At the center and right are Amitabha Buddha, Tsongkhapa, and his two disciples Khedrup and Gyaltsab followed by Milarepa in the corner. On the left are Avalokiteshvara with four-arms and White Sarasvati, to the right are White Tara with White Achala below, and to the sides are the deities Brikuti and Ekajati. At the bottom left of the painting is a monk donor figure, a common feature of Western Tibetan paintings. At the opposite side is an unidentified Buddhist protector deity on a horse. The bottom center depicts the eight individual Taras removing the eight fears; lions, elephants, snakes, ghosts, fire, drowning, thieves and false imprisonment.
At the top left of this painting appears the Indian masters Atisha with Dromton and Putowa. At the center and right are Amitabha Buddha, Tsongkhapa, and his two disciples Khedrup and Gyaltsab followed by Milarepa in the corner. On the left are Avalokiteshvara with four-arms and White Sarasvati, to the right are White Tara with White Achala below, and to the sides are the deities Brikuti and Ekajati. At the bottom left of the painting is a monk donor figure, a common feature of Western Tibetan paintings. At the opposite side is an unidentified Buddhist protector deity on a horse. The bottom center depicts the eight individual Taras removing the eight fears; lions, elephants, snakes, ghosts, fire, drowning, thieves and false imprisonment.