Lot 241
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A Thangka depicting Bhaisajyaguru Vaiduryaprabharaja

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Distemper on cloth

Provenance

Sotheby's New York, March 20, 1997, lot 79

Condition

Good overall condition. Colors in catalogue slightly oversaturated. Colors lighter and brighter than in catalogue illustration. Some rubbing, creasing and wear to pigments overall. Some water staining or losses to blue pigment at throne element at center.
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Catalogue Note

Seated in vajraparyankasana on a lotus throne, holding a begging bowl in his left hand, a myrobalan fruit in his right hand, flanked by the bodhisattvas Suryaprabha and Chandraprabha (light of the sun and moon), the entourage in attendance around the perimeter including the seven other medicine Buddhas, bodhisattvas, lineage holders, Prajnaparamita, the Four Guardian Kings, the Twelve Jambhalas, Mahakala and the Ten Gods of the World.