A THANGKA DEPICTING TWO SAKYA LINEAGE HOLDERS

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CENTRAL TIBET, NGOR MONASTERY, 18TH CENTURY A THANGKA DEPICTING TWO SAKYA LINEAGE HOLDERS CENTRAL TIBET, NGOR MONASTERY, 18TH CENTURY Distemper and gold on cloth; the painted recto with Uchen inscriptions in gold identifying the thirty-fourth abbot of Ngor Monastery with an epithet describing him as an emanation of Vajradhara; 'Homage to the All-Pervading Lord of the Hundred (Buddha) Families, Vajrdhara Palden Chokyong'; with a donor inscription in Drutsa in black ink along the lower silk mount stating, 'This magnificent thangka painting along with the canopy in the communal house of Minyak at Evam [Choen Monastery] were donated by the one born in Tibet, Lama Rinchen Lhundrup, for granting good fortune in this life and the next. May this be auspicious'; the bearing two identical consecratory inscriptions and mantras behind each hierarch including the Buddhist creed 'ye dharma hetu' and the 'patience creed'. Image: 40 x 27 1⁄8 in. (101.5 x 69 cm.) With silks: 60¼ x 39 3⁄8 in. (153.5 x 98.5 cm.)

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