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A silk embroidered thangka of Avalokitesvara Mongolia, 19th century
17 March 2014, 13:00 EDT
New YorkSold for US$8,750 inc. premium
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A silk embroidered thangka of Avalokitesvara
Mongolia, 19th century
Silk flosses and metallic couching; his eleven heads in tiers of three, the tenth is wrathful and eleventh of Amitabha, his eight hands hold a precious jewel, dharma wheel, mala, water flask, bow and arrow, and a lotus blossom, adorned with various jewellery and wearing a scarf around the neck, a deerskin across the left shoulder and multi-colored fabrics on the lower body, three lineage masters in the upper section.
Image: 72 1/2 x 38 in. (184.1 x 96.5 cm)
Silk flosses and metallic couching; his eleven heads in tiers of three, the tenth is wrathful and eleventh of Amitabha, his eight hands hold a precious jewel, dharma wheel, mala, water flask, bow and arrow, and a lotus blossom, adorned with various jewellery and wearing a scarf around the neck, a deerskin across the left shoulder and multi-colored fabrics on the lower body, three lineage masters in the upper section.
Image: 72 1/2 x 38 in. (184.1 x 96.5 cm)
Footnotes
A closely related example is in the Collection of Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, (see HAR #90524 - http://www.himalayanart.org/image.cfm/90524.html), also compare to another sold Sotheby's, London, 11 October 1990, lot 46.
Provenance:
Private Northern Californian Collection since 1980s