Lot Essay
The two paintings have iconography linking them to the tradition of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo.
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Property from the Collection of Paul F. Walter
A thangka of a lama and a thangka of a wrathful teacher
TIBET, 17TH CENTURY
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A thangka of a lama and a thangka of a wrathful teacher
Tibet, 17th century
Each with red and brown line on gold ground, the first depicting Osrung as an Indian monk seated in dhyanasana on a wide lotus at center, his hands in dharmachakra mudra, his portrait-like face flanked by long earlobes and backed by a halo, with Chaturbhuja Lokeshvara above and further monks below; the second depicting the wrathful teacher Tobden in alidhasana amid a ring of flames, clad in a dhoti, billowing robes, and bone jewelry, with Ratnasambhava and King Trisong Detsen above and a Nyingma lama at right
Opaque pigments and gold on textile
12½ x 9½ in. (32 x 24 cm.) (2)
Tibet, 17th century
Each with red and brown line on gold ground, the first depicting Osrung as an Indian monk seated in dhyanasana on a wide lotus at center, his hands in dharmachakra mudra, his portrait-like face flanked by long earlobes and backed by a halo, with Chaturbhuja Lokeshvara above and further monks below; the second depicting the wrathful teacher Tobden in alidhasana amid a ring of flames, clad in a dhoti, billowing robes, and bone jewelry, with Ratnasambhava and King Trisong Detsen above and a Nyingma lama at right
Opaque pigments and gold on textile
12½ x 9½ in. (32 x 24 cm.) (2)