TWO THANGKAS WITH TARA AND SHEN-RAB, FOUNDER OF THE BÖN TRADITION, Tibet, 18th/19th ct., both mounted. The white Shenrab is seated in vajrasana on a lotus base, his right hand in bhumisparshamudra, surrounded by various scenes depicting his previous lives and all placed in pavilions; and the lama seated in vajrasana on a lotus base with both hands in dhyanamudra supporting a bowl and surrounded by various deities and lamas from the Bon tradition, in brocade mounting - Property from an important South German private collection of a nobleman, starting his collection of Tibetan art in 1965, mostly purchased from Nagel and Schoettle East Asian Art, Stuttgart, one with Schoettle no. 8170 (c.1985), the second thangkga bought from Joachim Baader, 12.6.2004 - Wear, very minor damages due to age