TIBET, 18TH CENTURY

While the mahasiddhas depicted in this painting are not identified or numbered, the composition of the work indicates that it would have likely been part of a set of eleven or thirteen paintings depicting Vajradhara and the Eighty-Four Mahasiddhas, according to the system of Vajrasana. Both this painting and lot 1056 are derived from original paintings by Khazi Lazo, a late 18th/early 19th century painter based in the Chamdo region of Tibet. Khazi Lazo in Tibetan means "artist of Khazi," the small village near Dragyab monastery where he lived - his real name remains unknown.