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Auction archive: Lot number 1412

A thangka of a lama and a thangka of a wrathful teacher

Estimate
US$6,000 - US$8,000
Price realised:
US$27,500
Auction archive: Lot number 1412

A thangka of a lama and a thangka of a wrathful teacher

Estimate
US$6,000 - US$8,000
Price realised:
US$27,500
Beschreibung:

A thangka of a lama and a thangka of a wrathful teacher
TIBET, 17TH CENTURY
A thangka of a lama and a thangka of a wrathful teacher Tibet, 17th century Each with red and brown line on gold ground, the first depicting Osrung as an Indian monk seated in dhyanasana on a wide lotus at center, his hands in dharmachakra mudra , his portrait-like face flanked by long earlobes and backed by a halo, with Chaturbhuja Lokeshvara above and further monks below; the second depicting the wrathful teacher Tobden in alidhasana amid a ring of flames, clad in a dhoti , billowing robes, and bone jewelry, with Ratnasambhava and King Trisong Detsen above and a Nyingma lama at right Opaque pigments and gold on textile 12½ x 9½ in. (32 x 24 cm.) (2)

Auction archive: Lot number 1412
Auction:
Datum:
20 Mar 2009
Auction house:
Christie's
20 March 2009, New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

A thangka of a lama and a thangka of a wrathful teacher
TIBET, 17TH CENTURY
A thangka of a lama and a thangka of a wrathful teacher Tibet, 17th century Each with red and brown line on gold ground, the first depicting Osrung as an Indian monk seated in dhyanasana on a wide lotus at center, his hands in dharmachakra mudra , his portrait-like face flanked by long earlobes and backed by a halo, with Chaturbhuja Lokeshvara above and further monks below; the second depicting the wrathful teacher Tobden in alidhasana amid a ring of flames, clad in a dhoti , billowing robes, and bone jewelry, with Ratnasambhava and King Trisong Detsen above and a Nyingma lama at right Opaque pigments and gold on textile 12½ x 9½ in. (32 x 24 cm.) (2)

Auction archive: Lot number 1412
Auction:
Datum:
20 Mar 2009
Auction house:
Christie's
20 March 2009, New York, Rockefeller Center
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