An unusual pair of Tibetan or Mongolian thankas depicting Begtse Chen, 19th century or later 藏傳或蒙古唐卡一對 十九世紀或更晚

Each with the central deity against a blue ground with a myrid variety of smaller wrathful entities, one thanka with a figure of the seated Amitabha Buddha to upper center, the other with a wrathful red six-armed, three-headed figure, possibly Hayagriva, to upper center. Framed and glazed.

H: 34 1/4 in.; W: 20 1/2 in. (sight, approx.); H: 36 in.; W: 23 in. (frames, approx.)

Provenance

Labels for Christie's, New York, Sale 8217, March 24, 1999, lot 603