A gold ground thangka of Padmasambhava

Tibet, 19th century

Tibet, 19th century
Distemper on cloth; rendered on a gold ground with very fine lines of red, black, and gold pigment, Padmasambhava with a peaceful attitude accompanied by his Indian and Tibetan wives below, Mandarava on the left Yeshe Tsogyal on the right.
Himalayan Art Resources item no.100605
22 7/8 x 18 1/8in (58 x 46 cm)

Published
Armand Neven, Etudes d'art lamaïque et de l'Himalaya, Brussels, 1978, pp. 29 & 32, no. 13.
Pia and Louis Van der Wee, A Tale of Thangkas: Living with a Collection, Antwerp, 1995, p. 24, fig. 5.

Exhibited
Lamaïstische Kunst/Art Lamaïque, Société Général de Banque à Bruxelles, Brussels, 15 May - 30 June 1975.
De Taal van de Thangka, Ethnographic Museum, Antwerp, 1995.

Provenance
The Van Der Wee Collection, Belgium, acquired in Antwerp, 4 June 1969