Lot 360 , A thangka depicting Padmasambhava in the form of Nyima Ozer, Tibet, 19th century Total dimensions 133cm x 86cm

A thangka depicting Padmasambhava in the form of Nyima Ozer, Tibet, 19th century the central figure wearing a loin cloth, bone ornaments and carrying tantric implements, against a background of corpses, surrounded by three dancers, in a landscape, image 60.5cm x 42 cm, silk brocade borders and silk cover, scroll mounted, Total dimensions 133cm x 86cm
Estimate £800-1,200

Provenance - The Pestalozzi International Foundation collection of Tibetan thangkas, Buddhist figures and ritual objects.

In 1947, the British Pestalozzi Children's Village association was founded by Dr Henry Alexander - a German, Jewish, refugee who moved to the UK before the Second World War - and Mrs Mary Buchanan - a British sociologist. In 1959 the organisation opened a 170 acre property in Sedlescombe, East Sussex to house and educate children from displaced persons camps in Europe at the end of World War II.
In 1963, twenty-two Tibetan students, along with their house parents, arrived at the village. In 1967/68 saw the last of the European students at Pestalozzi and from that point students from Tibet, India and Nepal - amongst other countries - began to arrive. The Tibetan children and their house parents rescued Buddhist thangkas (paintings) and relics from the local temples during the upheavals of the 1960s which are included in this sale. The collection also includes Buddhist figures of deities from China, Burma and Thailand. The funds raised will help Pestalozzi to continue to offer educational scholarships to children from under-privileged countries.


There are a number of creases to the woven cotton ground with some losses to the paint on these areas in particular, the surface is generally undulating and there is a tear upper right in the clouds but all the pieces are intact, the brocade borders are probably later and it has a silk cover which is torn and the scroll on which it is mounted on has brass ends.
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Sold for £4,200