A painting of Loden Chogse

TIBET, 19TH CENTURY

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A painting of Loden Chogse
Tibet, 19th century
Seated on a dragon throne holding a damaru in his right hand and a skull cup in his left, dressed in heavy robes and adorned with a jeweled tiara, backed by a bolster, nimbus and swirling clouds, with a lama in the upper right, scribes at lower right, and female musicians below, all within a mountainous landscape
18 x 12 in. (46.2 x 32 cm.)

Provenance

Private collection, California

Literature

Himalayan Art Resources (himalayanart.org), item no. 23380

Lot Essay

The current example would have been part of a nine painting set depicting Padmasambhava and his eight principle manifestations. As the semi-mythical founder of Buddhism in Tibet, Padmasambhava subsequently became the most important figure in the Nyingma ("ancient") school of Tibetan Buddhism. From the 17th century onwards, hundreds of paintings of him and his manifestations were commissioned for the six "mother monasteries" of the Nyingma tradition.

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