A THANGKA DEPICTING KUNZANG GYALWA DUPA Tibet, 18th Century
A THANGKA DEPICTING KUNZANG GYALWA DUPA Tibet, 18th Century
with five heads and ten arms, holding symbols of the sun and the moon before his heart, his emblem the swastika in his middle right hand, seated in vajraparyankasana on a throne, with khyung bird and mythical animals beneath, the landscape filled with lamas of Kunsang Gyalwa Dupa’s cult
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 18460.
28 3/4 by 16 1/2 in. (73 by 42 cm)
Provenance:
The deity is known by his epithet The All-Good Assembly of Conquerors: for an important fifteenth century depiction of the deity with the same iconography, see Per Kvaerne, The Bon Religion of Tibet, London, 1995, p. 61, pl. 15.
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A THANGKA DEPICTING KUNZANG GYALWA DUPA Tibet, 18th Century
with five heads and ten arms, holding symbols of the sun and the moon before his heart, his emblem the swastika in his middle right hand, seated in vajraparyankasana on a throne, with khyung bird and mythical animals beneath, the landscape filled with lamas of Kunsang Gyalwa Dupa’s cult
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 18460.
28 3/4 by 16 1/2 in. (73 by 42 cm)
Provenance:
The deity is known by his epithet The All-Good Assembly of Conquerors: for an important fifteenth century depiction of the deity with the same iconography, see Per Kvaerne, The Bon Religion of Tibet, London, 1995, p. 61, pl. 15.
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