Asian Art - 11th November 2009

Lot 39

Two Tibeto-Chinese thankas

Estimate £500 - £1,000 | Hammer £32000

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Description

Two Tibeto-Chinese thankas, each depicting an arhat seated on a throne and attended by followers, one with the arhat Angaja who holds a fly whisk and censer, the other arhat Gopaka who holds a pustaka in his left hand, 19th century, 88cm. (2) Provenance: From the collection of Lieutenant Colonel Herbert James Walton (1869-1938), Indian Medical Service.