Estimate: $200 - $400
Price Realized: $128 Includes buyer's premium
A Tibetan Buddhist thangka scroll painting executed on cotton fabric with ground mineral pigments, depicting a complex, multi-tiered deity mandala structured with concentric geometric rings of protection and elemental cosmic forces enclosing a central sacred courtyard precinct populated by traditional pantheon deities
mineral pigments, cotton fabric, gold paint
image: 32 1/2 x 24 1/4 inches
From an Upper West Side Collection
Good stable condition; the painted cotton canvas surface presents minor superficial canvas rippling, light dust accumulation, and negligible localized pigment cracking appropriate with age
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Mounted inside a modern glazed presentation wood frame 33 x 23 x 1 inches
