Asian Art

June 2429, 2023
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LOT 352

Lot 352

A Thangka of Bhavachakra (Wheel of Life), Tibet, 20th Century

A Thangka of Bhavachakra (Wheel of Life), Tibet, 20th Century
Lot 352 Details
A Thangka of Bhavachakra (Wheel of Life), Tibet, 20th Century

Held in place by the wrathful Samsara (personified cyclical existence), the wheel depicting a multitude of panels; opaque pigment on paper, mounted on silk
overall 40.2 x 24.8 in — 102 x 63 cm

Estimate $400-$600

Realised: $861
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A Thangka of Bhavachakra (Wheel of Life), Tibet, 20th Century
  • A Thangka of Bhavachakra (Wheel of Life), Tibet, 20th Century
  • A Thangka of Bhavachakra (Wheel of Life), Tibet, 20th Century
  • A Thangka of Bhavachakra (Wheel of Life), Tibet, 20th Century
Note:

The innermost circle depicts the three poisons represented by a pig (ignorance), snake (anger), and a rooster (desire), immediately bordered by figures that are rising (collecting karma) and falling (exhausting merit). The next layer depicts the six realms of existence (god, asura, human, animal, ghost, and hell), and the outermost circle with the Twelve Links of Dependent Arising, beginning with a blind man at the one o'clock position.

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