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LOT 2367
Vintage Tibetan Buddhist Hand-Painted Illuminated Thangka
MID 20TH CENTURY A.D.
15 x 11 3/4 in. (23 grams, 38 x 29.9 cm).
Painted panel with mandorla and multiple Buddhist deities in a dense landscape of mountains and forests. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 2367
Vintage Tibetan Buddhist Hand-Painted Illuminated Thangka
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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