A THANGKA DEPICTING LODEN CHOGSE - THE HERALD OF WISDOM, Bhutan, 1st half 19th ct. Tempera and gold on cotton, original silk satin mounting, with traditionally tie-dyed protective cloth, wooden bars and knobs. This painting originates from the same series of nine Thangkas as Lot 99 of this sale. These nine Thangkas show the guru Padmasambhava and his eight emanations. After his travels to all of India's holy sites and after studying sutra, tantra, and all sciences, he achieved the title "herald of wisdom", shown in this Thangka. In his right hand, he is holding a double drum (damaru), used to summon all Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and Dakinis, in his left hand he is holding a bowl of rice as a sign of his overflowing compassion with all living things. Amitabha appears above the guru in the aspect of "long life" in the form of Amitayus, holding the vase with the water of life. The top left corner shows Mandarava, one of the two favorite disciples, who received an induction into Padmasambhava's long life practices. The opposite corner shows one of the 25 disciples of the guru, probably Palgyi Yeshe, holding a kapala. In the lower right corner a wrathful demoness is riding a black horse. - Formerly property from an old German private collection, acquired in the 1960s - Minor traces of age