VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A thangka of Padmasambhava
TIBET, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
Details
A thangka of Padmasambhava
Tibet, 18th/19th century
Seated on a lotus blossom, holding a vajra in his raised right hand and a skull cup in his left, with a khatvauga resting against his left shoulder, wearing diaphanous red and green robes, his benevolent expression surmounted by a jeweled and feathered headdress, backed by a nimbus and aureola and flanked by two bodhisattvas, each within their own aureolas, with a temple in the foreground and surrounded by monks performing duties, all against a mountainous setting
28 x 17¾ in. (71 x 45.3 cm.)
Tibet, 18th/19th century
Seated on a lotus blossom, holding a vajra in his raised right hand and a skull cup in his left, with a khatvauga resting against his left shoulder, wearing diaphanous red and green robes, his benevolent expression surmounted by a jeweled and feathered headdress, backed by a nimbus and aureola and flanked by two bodhisattvas, each within their own aureolas, with a temple in the foreground and surrounded by monks performing duties, all against a mountainous setting
28 x 17¾ in. (71 x 45.3 cm.)
Provenance
Private collection, Japan, 1970
Brought to you by
Anita Mehta
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