EXTREMELY RARE HANDPAINTED SILK THANGKA, BHUTAN, 18th – 19th C.

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  • Lot: 40
  • April 2009 Vintage Fashion and Textile Auction
  • New York City
Gold silk satin panel, toppainted w/ 3 serene Buddha figures seated in clouds, bottom painted w/ 3 blue demon figures of Vajrabhairava surrounded by flamés,long text between 2 figural end rows in 2 scripts, 30" x 74", (fold marks at top & bottom where tangka was tacked to frame, minor stains), good. See Bhutan Thangka exhibit “The Dragon’s Gift” now at Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.

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  • Category: Ethnic Textiles
  • Era: 1890-1920
  • Condition: Very Good

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