A SILK APPLIQUÉ THANGKA DEPICTING THREE CONFESSIONAL BUDDHAS Tibet, ca. 18th Century

seated in vajraparyankasana on a lotus throne, the right hand raised in vitarka mudra, the left hand in samadhi mudra, wearing voluminous monastic robes finely decorated with silver rondels with foliate motifs, with pearl urna

Doris Wiener Gallery, New York.
Sotheby's New York, 24 September 1997, lot 29.

Good overall condition. Wear and fading to textiles, with scattered areas of water staining and creasing. Three figures with attached seed pearl urnas. Thangka mounted on silk mat.
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Compare a similar appliqué thangka of Buddha, see P. Pal, Himalayas: An Aesthetic Adventure, Chicago, 2003, p. 252, cat. no. 166.

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 12917