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A THANGKA OF EKADASHAMUKHA AVALOKITESHVARA
Lot 34 - HS1224
Tibet, 19th-early 20th century. Gold and distemper on cloth. Mounted on a silk brocade frame. The eleven-headed, eight-armed bodhisattva standing atop a lotus dais rising from wavy waters within a verdant landscape with rockwork and swirling clouds. His primary hands are held together in namaskara mudra, one of the secondary hands held out in varada mudra, another in shuni mudra, and the others holding attributes including a conch, a lotus blossom, and a dharma wheel.
The deity is wearing an elaborate colorful dhoti and flowing patterned robes, richly adorned with gold jewelry, and backed by a gold mandorla. He is flanked by Mahakala to his left, and a dakini to his right, with Amitabha and the four-armed Avalokiteshvara at the top.
Inscriptions: To the reverse, ‘Om Ah Hum Hrih’.
Provenance: From an old private collection in Bavaria, Germany, assembled between 1965 and 1985. The reverse with a wax seal.
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, some creasing, the brocade with few loose threads.
Dimensions: Image size 49.6 x 39.6 cm, Size incl. frame 92 x 70.5 cm
Literature comparison:
Compare a related thangka depicting the same subject, 49 x 35.5 cm, dated to the 19th century, in the Musée Georges-Labit, Toulouse, inventory number D 70.1.34.
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