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TIBET, XVIIIEME SIECLE
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THANGKA EN SOIE REPRESENTANT GANAPATTI
TIBET, XVIIIEME SIECLE
The twelve-armed Ganapatti is dancing on a rat placed on a lotus. His principle hands are holding the vajra and kapala. The others are radiating around his body. His elephant head shows a curling trunk. The upper register depicts Nagarjuna, Kurukulla, and Marpa, partly inscribed with their names; silk mounting.
9 ¾ x 7 ¼ in. (25 x 18.5 cm.)
TIBET, XVIIIEME SIECLE
The twelve-armed Ganapatti is dancing on a rat placed on a lotus. His principle hands are holding the vajra and kapala. The others are radiating around his body. His elephant head shows a curling trunk. The upper register depicts Nagarjuna, Kurukulla, and Marpa, partly inscribed with their names; silk mounting.
9 ¾ x 7 ¼ in. (25 x 18.5 cm.)
Provenance
German private collection, acquired in the early 1980s in Amsterdam.
Dutch private collection.
Dutch private collection.
Further details
A SILK THANGKA DEPICTING GANAPATTI
TIBET, 18TH CENTURY
TIBET, 18TH CENTURY
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