A Tibetan thangka of the Wheel of Becoming (bhavacakra). 19th century - image-1
A Tibetan thangka of the Wheel of Becoming (bhavacakra). 19th century - image-2
A Tibetan thangka of the Wheel of Becoming (bhavacakra). 19th century - image-1A Tibetan thangka of the Wheel of Becoming (bhavacakra). 19th century - image-2

Lot 1061 Dα

A Tibetan thangka of the Wheel of Becoming (bhavacakra). 19th century

Auction 1093 - overview Brussels
18.06.2017, 11:30 - Asian Art II China, Tibetan/Nepalese Art
Estimate: 800 € - 1.000 €

A Tibetan thangka of the Wheel of Becoming (bhavacakra). 19th century

The Wheel of Becoming (bhavachakra) in front of a demon, representing the unenlightened life-cycle of deaths and births in different biological realm, portraying the ordinary world as something to be transcended. Inscriptions to the front and reverse. Gouache on cloth. Cloth mounting.
39 x 26 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Northern Germany