Sale 9084
New York, Park Avenue
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23 March 1999
Price realised
USD 10,925
Estimate
A thanka of Vajrasattva Tibet, 18th Century Seated in yab-yum with his consort on a lotus base and flaming nimbus, surrounded by numerous architectural settings and scenes from a royal narrative, richly inscribed overall, the reverse with an outline of a beribboned stupa 40 x 26 in. (103.5 x 66.2 cm.)
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