Lot Essay
This thangka is from a set of nine paintings known as The Six Ornaments and Two Excellent Ones of the Southern Continent
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Tibet, 19th century
A Thangka of an Indian Scholar
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Tibet, 19th century
A Thangka of an Indian Scholar
The scholar seated on a low throne and holding a manuscript in one hand, wearing patchwork robes and a pandita headdress, reaching for the table to his right, two attendants to the side, all set in a mountainous landscape, a stream with cranes and ducks in the foreground, ribbon-like clouds with white Manjushri
Opaque pigments on textile
23½ x 16 5/8 (59.7 x 42.2 cm.)
A Thangka of an Indian Scholar
The scholar seated on a low throne and holding a manuscript in one hand, wearing patchwork robes and a pandita headdress, reaching for the table to his right, two attendants to the side, all set in a mountainous landscape, a stream with cranes and ducks in the foreground, ribbon-like clouds with white Manjushri
Opaque pigments on textile
23½ x 16 5/8 (59.7 x 42.2 cm.)