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Unknown — 西藏 十五世紀 獨雄大威德金剛唐卡 設色布本
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西藏 十五世紀 獨雄大威德金剛唐卡 設色布本

A 15th-century Tibetan thangka painting depicting Mahakala, the solitary form of the Great Black One, executed in pigment on silk. The work represents an important example of Tibetan Buddhist religious art and iconography.

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Himalayas: The Richard R. & Magdalena Ernst Collection of Important Tibetan Paintings and other Himalayan Works of Art

December 8, 2022

Estimate: $70,000$90,000

Lot 19

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Unknown, 西藏 十五世紀 獨雄大威德金剛唐卡 設色布本

A 15th-century Tibetan thangka painting depicting Mahakala, the solitary form of the Great Black One, executed in pigment on silk. The work represents an important example of Tibetan Buddhist religious art and iconography.

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Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Religious Painting, Thangka, Tibetan Art, Fifteenth Century, Mahakala, Pigment, Silk, Buddhist

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Collected by

Richard Caswell, Sebastián Naranjo, Jonah Handel, Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Ethan Elkins, Alex Capecelatro, Mihail Lari, Cleveland Museum of Art