Asian Art II - 8th December 2020
Lot 526
A TIBETAN THANGKA
Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £1400
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Description
A TIBETAN THANGKA
19TH CENTURY
Painted to the centre with Vaishravana seated upon a recumbent snow lion with its mouth agape, the God of Wealth and Guardian of the North depicted holding a rat and a tall canopy, with Buddhas, bodhisattvas and further deities surrounding the central figure, framed and glazed, 61cm x 42cm excluding frame.
Provenance: from an English private collection, acquired in Somerset in the 1950s.