A Tibetan avadana thangka of Buddha Shakyamuni. 18th/19th century - image-1

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A Tibetan avadana thangka of Buddha Shakyamuni. 18th/19th century

Auction 1112 - overview Cologne
15.06.2018, 11:00 - Chinese, Tibet/Neapel, India, Southeast Asia
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 5.208 € (incl. premium)
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A Tibetan avadana thangka of Buddha Shakyamuni. 18th/19th century

Buddha Shakyamuni seated in dhyanasana on a lotus base with his hands held in bhumisparsa mudra, amidst a grassy landscape filled with various compartmentalized narratives from his previous incarnations. The Avadanakalpalata, written by the 11th-century Kashmiri poet Kshemendra, forms the literary basis for this thangka. Gouache and gold on cloth. Silk mounting. Wear, stains and small repairs.
87 x 55 cm

十八/十九世紀 西藏 釋迦牟尼佛本生故事唐卡
來源：德國北威州Dr. W. D. Franz 博士 (1915-2005)私人收藏，此後家族傳承

Provenance

Dr. W. D. Franz (1915-2005), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany