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March 19, 2016 11:00 AMCalender
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Thangka Depicting the Green Tara

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$984$800
Auction: Asian Works Of Art - 2885BLocation: BostonDate / Time: March 19, 2016 11:00AM

Description:

Thangka Depicting the Green Tara, Tibetan China, late 17th/early 18th century style, sitting on a lotus cushion seat above the water, against a round halo and nimbus in the back further adorned with floral branches and leaves, surrounded with deities standing or sitting on oval pedestals in rows with discrete halos, including multi-armed bodhisattvas and Vajrapani deities, against a dark green ground with a heavenly landscape, gilt details, distemper on cotton, backed with paper, 18 3/4 x 14 1/4 in.

Provenance: Estate of Dorothy Braude Edinburg.
The estate of Dorothy Braude Edinburg
Estimate $800-1,000

aging to cotton support, loss of pigments and details, a crease to bottom left corner, a label sticker with Japanese characters and a "made in China" sticker to the back.


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Dorothy Braude Edinburg