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Chakrasamvara Manjusri Thero, Colombo Sri Lanka, Mid 20th Century
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Chakrasamvara Manjusri Thero, Colombo Sri Lanka, Mid 20th Century

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Chakrasamvara
Manjusri Thero, Colombo Sri Lanka, Mid 20th Century
gouache on paper heightened with gold, seated on a lotus base in yabyum with his consort, signed, dated 1940, framed and glazed; a Buddhistic deity seated on a lotus base above mountains in the distance, signed, dated 1940, framed and glazed; Dharmavarman, watercolour on card, seated wearing a crown of sculls and celestial scarf, signed, framed; and Buddha amongst various natural objects, signed, dated 1948, Vienna -- 105.5 x 79.5cm. max. (minor damages).
See Illustration for One (4)
Provenance
Previously in the collection of Col G. Gibbs which was on loan and hanging in the Ceylon High Commission in London for many years.
Exhibited
Royal India Society, South Kensington, London 1947.
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Lot Essay

Manjusri Thero was a Buddhist priest who began painting at the age of thirty five. During a four year pilgrimage he studied under the chief artist to the Tashi Lama in Tibet and Rabindranath Tagore in India.

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