A VERY RARE EMBROIDERED SILK YELLOW-GROUND THANGKA
YONGLE/XUANDE PERIOD (1403-1435)
A VERY RARE EMBROIDERED SILK YELLOW-GROUND THANGKA YONGLE/XUANDE PERIOD (1403-1435) Worked in polychrome silk on a yellow silk ground with Garuda standing majestically atop a lotus base supported on a stem emerging from overlapping waves, his wings outstretched and his limbs extended as he grasps serpents with both of his hands and bird-form legs while biting one of the serpents, all shown as if seen through an opening in clouds, the irregular outline of the opening in shades of blue 34¾ x 40½ in. (88.2 x 102.9 cm.), framed and glazed
A VERY RARE EMBROIDERED SILK YELLOW-GROUND THANGKA
YONGLE/XUANDE PERIOD (1403-1435)
A VERY RARE EMBROIDERED SILK YELLOW-GROUND THANGKA YONGLE/XUANDE PERIOD (1403-1435) Worked in polychrome silk on a yellow silk ground with Garuda standing majestically atop a lotus base supported on a stem emerging from overlapping waves, his wings outstretched and his limbs extended as he grasps serpents with both of his hands and bird-form legs while biting one of the serpents, all shown as if seen through an opening in clouds, the irregular outline of the opening in shades of blue 34¾ x 40½ in. (88.2 x 102.9 cm.), framed and glazed
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