Asian Art II - 15th November 2016

Lot 451

A TIBETAN THANGKA 19TH CENTURY From the Nymapa school of Tibetan Buddhism

Estimate £500 - £1,000 | Hammer £1100

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Description

A TIBETAN THANGKA

19TH CENTURY

From the Nymapa school of Tibetan Buddhism, depicting a central figure of Guru Rimpoche surmounted by deities and teachers, above a small figure of wrathful Vajrakilaya with his attendant cohorts and further deities, titled in gilt script, mounted on a silk panel, 80cm x 51cm.

Provenance: purchased c.1940, and thence by descent.