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TIBET, 17TH CENTURY
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A Pair of Thankas Depicting Padmasambhava
Tibet, 17th Century
One thanka portraying Padmasambhava seated in royal garb within a mandorla of variegated bands flanked by his two wives standing within separate aureoles, all surrounded by 208 miniature versions of Padmasambhava dressed in alternating robes of red and orange arranged in horizontal registers; the other thanka depicting Padmasambhava in monk's garb seated next to Amitayus and Shakyamuni Buddha, with short Tibetan inscription underneath
Each approximately 28½ x 23¾ in. (72.3 x 60.3 cm.) (2)
Tibet, 17th Century
One thanka portraying Padmasambhava seated in royal garb within a mandorla of variegated bands flanked by his two wives standing within separate aureoles, all surrounded by 208 miniature versions of Padmasambhava dressed in alternating robes of red and orange arranged in horizontal registers; the other thanka depicting Padmasambhava in monk's garb seated next to Amitayus and Shakyamuni Buddha, with short Tibetan inscription underneath
Each approximately 28½ x 23¾ in. (72.3 x 60.3 cm.) (2)