Sale 9608
New York
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21 March 2001
Price realised
USD 3,290
Estimate
A Thangka of Brown Heruka with Bardo Deities Tibet, 18th/19th Century The central six-armed winged deity depicted within a flaming aureole upon a lotus base surrounded by numerous ferocious and animal-headed deities in a clouded and watery landscape with swimming leopards, foxes and cranes 24½ x 17¾ in. (62.2 x 45 cm.)
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This thangka and the following lot are part of a set that would have likely totaled five in number. Coming from the Nyingma tradition, these thangkas have terma qualities that relate to secret initiations.
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