23rd Nov, 2016 10:00

European & Asian Works of Art

 
Lot 94
 

94

A THANGKA DEPICTING VAJRAPANI

A THANGKA DEPICTING VAJRAPANI, TIBET, 18TH CENTURY pigment on cloth, the plump blue deity with fierce expression, stepping to his right on a lotus base, standing within a fiery aureole, three figures of lamas in the clouds above, three further Buddhist deities below, Chinese brocade silk mount, mantras inscribed on the reverse in cursive script 63 x 39cm (painting); 133 x 80 (including poles and mount)

Sold for £3,800


 
A THANGKA DEPICTING VAJRAPANI, TIBET, 18TH CENTURY pigment on cloth, the plump blue deity with fierce expression, stepping to his right on a lotus base, standing within a fiery aureole, three figures of lamas in the clouds above, three further Buddhist deities below, Chinese brocade silk mount, mantras inscribed on the reverse in cursive script 63 x 39cm (painting); 133 x 80 (including poles and mount)