146. A TIBETAN THANGKA WITH PORTRAIT OF A SAKYA HIERARCH.

Sitting dressed in a golden robe on his throne with his hands in vajrahumkaramudra holding a vajra and a ghanta, surrounded by different teachers/dignitaries, and at the top Hevajra, a key deity in the Sakya tradition. Tibetan text in gold in ujen-script. The Thangka belongs to a set of paintings, according to the tibetan inscription on the back, number three right. Distemper on cloth, the painting is set within a framework (thang ka´igos sam) of silk brocade. Late 19th century/ca 1900. Image c. 75 x 46 cm, totally c. 130 x 62 cm.

PROVENANCE:
The Professor of Indology at Stockholm University and a scholar of Sanskrit and the Newar language, Siegfried Lienhard (1924-2011). He was also a member of The Swedish Royal Academy for the Humanities.