Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Works of Art
Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Works of Art
Property of the Bothwell Family Collection
A Thangka Depicting Chaturbhuja Mahakala, Tibet, 17th/18th Century
Auction Closed
September 20, 05:33 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property of the Bothwell Family Collection
A Thangka Depicting Chaturbhuja Mahakala
Tibet, 17th/18th Century
20 by 14 in. (50.8 by 35.6 cm)
the four-armed blue Mahakala wearing a tiger-skin dhoti, a skull crown and garland of severed heads, with snakes twisting in and out of the jewelry, holding a kapala, a heart, trishula and khadaga, below Namasangiti at center flanked by two wrathful protectors
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13706.
James Bothwell, acquired in Nepal, 1960s.