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A GOLDGROUND THANGKA OF PADMASAMBHAVA TIBET, 19TH CENTURY

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A GOLDGROUND THANGKA OF PADMASAMBHAVA TIBET, 19TH CENTURY Distemper on cloth; rendered on a gold ground with very fine lines of red, black, and gold pigment, Padmasambhava with a peaceful attitude accompanied by his Indian and Tibetan wives below, Mandarava on the left, Yeshe Tsogyal on the right. Himalayan Art Resources item no.100605 Image: 22 7/8 x 18 1/8 in. (58 x 46 cm); With silks: 45 1/2 x 34 in. (115.6 x 86.4 cm) Footnotes: 西藏十九世紀金地蓮花生大士唐卡 Published Armand Neven, Etudes d'art lamaïque et de l'Himalaya, Brussels, 1978, pp. 29 & 32, no. 13. Pia and Louis Van der Wee, A Tale of Thangkas: Living with a Collection, Antwerp, 1995, p. 24, fig. 5. Exhibited Lamaïstische Kunst/Art Lamaïque, Société Général de Banque à Bruxelles, Brussels, 15 May - 30 June 1975. De Taal van de Thangka, Ethnographic Museum, Antwerp, 1995. Provenance The Van Der Wee Collection, Belgium, acquired in Antwerp, 4 June 1969 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing

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A GOLDGROUND THANGKA OF PADMASAMBHAVA TIBET, 19TH CENTURY

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$13,000(20 bids)

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