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SINO-TIBETAIN XIXe SIÈCLE
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SINO-TIBETAIN XIXe SIÈCLE
Large ink and pigment thangka on canvas depicting the dharmapala Palden
Lhamo on a white mule, crossing a sea of blood, holding a khatvanga and a kapala, eyes exhorbated, expression wooed. She is accompanied by the Makaravaktra dakini, leading her mount, and the lion-headed Simhavaktra, as well as other deities. At the top, the monk
Tsonkhapa and two other Gelugpa delaxsecte patriarchs. Mounted in blue silk satin.
Dim. (at sight) 70 x 45 cm
PROVENANCE
Private collection of a French military attaché stationed in China from 1919 to 1925, then by descent.
NOTE
Palden Lhamo (Shri Devi in Sanskrit) is particularly revered within the Gelugpa sect.
As such, she is considered the Dalai Lama's protector and the guardian of the city of Lhasa.
Large ink and pigment thangka on canvas depicting the dharmapala Palden
Lhamo on a white mule, crossing a sea of blood, holding a khatvanga and a kapala, eyes exhorbated, expression wooed. She is accompanied by the Makaravaktra dakini, leading her mount, and the lion-headed Simhavaktra, as well as other deities. At the top, the monk
Tsonkhapa and two other Gelugpa delaxsecte patriarchs. Mounted in blue silk satin.
Dim. (at sight) 70 x 45 cm
PROVENANCE
Private collection of a French military attaché stationed in China from 1919 to 1925, then by descent.
NOTE
Palden Lhamo (Shri Devi in Sanskrit) is particularly revered within the Gelugpa sect.
As such, she is considered the Dalai Lama's protector and the guardian of the city of Lhasa.
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