9th Mar, 2023 13:00
TWO-DAY AUCTION - Fine Chinese Art / 中國藝術集珍 / Buddhism & Hinduism
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A THANGKA DEPICTING THE MANDALA OF VAJRAVARAHI
金剛瑜伽佛母壇城唐卡
Sold for €9,750
including Buyer's Premium
Tibet, c. late 18th to mid-19th century. Distemper and gold on cloth. The central deity dancing atop a prostrate figure, holding a kapala and kartrika in her primary hands, the two secondary hands holding a sword and khatvanga. She is wearing a diaphanous robe, garland of severed heads, and billowing scarves, and richly adorned with jewelry. Note the remarkably fine detail work.
Provenance: From an old private collection in Zagreb, Croatia.
Condition: Good condition with minor wear, creasing, soiling, and tiny losses.
Dimensions: Size 72 x 57.5 cm
The central deity within a roundel encircled by foliate mandorlas, those at the cardinal points enclosing wrathful female deities, within an inverted triangle surrounded by foliate scroll interspersed by swastikas, enclosed by a band of lotus petals and scrolling vines. The mandala is set within a verdant landscape densely filled with numerous images of deities, the upper register with teachers, Buddhas, and bodhisattvas, centered by a blue Chakrasamvara with his consort Vajravarahi, the lower register with various wrathful and protector deities.
Vajravarahi, or the ‘Diamond Sow’, is a wrathful form of Vajrayogini associated particularly with the Chakrasamvara Tantra, where she is paired in yab-yum with the Heruka Chakrasamvara.
Literature comparison:
Compare a related thangka, dated 1869, attributed to Nepal but clearly painted in the Tibetan tradition, from the Avery Brundage Collection and now in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, object number B60D11+.
金剛瑜伽佛母壇城唐卡
西藏，約十八世紀末至十九世紀中期，布面金彩膠畫。壇城中央可見紅身金剛亥母舞蹈姿盛蓮立像，手持卡帕拉碗與執持金剛鉞刀，另外兩手分別持劍與骷髏杖，左腳伸立、右腳彎提如舞蹈姿，舞於蓮花日輪屍墊上，周圍環繞其四色身化相。佛母穿著一件透明的長袍，頭戴花環，圍著飄逸的圍巾，並佩戴著華麗的珠寶。唐卡細節繁複，繪畫精美。
來源：克羅地亞薩格勒布私人老收藏。
品相：狀況良好，有輕微磨損、摺痕、污漬和微小缺損。
尺寸： 72 x 57.5 厘米
壇城周圍山水環繞，展現很多本尊形象，上層是上師、佛陀和菩薩，中央是藍色的勝樂金剛和他的明妃，下層是各種忿怒相本尊和護法本尊。
文獻比較：
比較一件相近的1869年尼泊爾但西藏傳統唐卡，曾收藏於 Avery Brundage Collection，現藏於舊金山亞洲藝術館，收藏編號B60D11+。
Tibet, c. late 18th to mid-19th century. Distemper and gold on cloth. The central deity dancing atop a prostrate figure, holding a kapala and kartrika in her primary hands, the two secondary hands holding a sword and khatvanga. She is wearing a diaphanous robe, garland of severed heads, and billowing scarves, and richly adorned with jewelry. Note the remarkably fine detail work.
Provenance: From an old private collection in Zagreb, Croatia.
Condition: Good condition with minor wear, creasing, soiling, and tiny losses.
Dimensions: Size 72 x 57.5 cm
The central deity within a roundel encircled by foliate mandorlas, those at the cardinal points enclosing wrathful female deities, within an inverted triangle surrounded by foliate scroll interspersed by swastikas, enclosed by a band of lotus petals and scrolling vines. The mandala is set within a verdant landscape densely filled with numerous images of deities, the upper register with teachers, Buddhas, and bodhisattvas, centered by a blue Chakrasamvara with his consort Vajravarahi, the lower register with various wrathful and protector deities.
Vajravarahi, or the ‘Diamond Sow’, is a wrathful form of Vajrayogini associated particularly with the Chakrasamvara Tantra, where she is paired in yab-yum with the Heruka Chakrasamvara.
Literature comparison:
Compare a related thangka, dated 1869, attributed to Nepal but clearly painted in the Tibetan tradition, from the Avery Brundage Collection and now in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, object number B60D11+.
金剛瑜伽佛母壇城唐卡
西藏，約十八世紀末至十九世紀中期，布面金彩膠畫。壇城中央可見紅身金剛亥母舞蹈姿盛蓮立像，手持卡帕拉碗與執持金剛鉞刀，另外兩手分別持劍與骷髏杖，左腳伸立、右腳彎提如舞蹈姿，舞於蓮花日輪屍墊上，周圍環繞其四色身化相。佛母穿著一件透明的長袍，頭戴花環，圍著飄逸的圍巾，並佩戴著華麗的珠寶。唐卡細節繁複，繪畫精美。
來源：克羅地亞薩格勒布私人老收藏。
品相：狀況良好，有輕微磨損、摺痕、污漬和微小缺損。
尺寸： 72 x 57.5 厘米
壇城周圍山水環繞，展現很多本尊形象，上層是上師、佛陀和菩薩，中央是藍色的勝樂金剛和他的明妃，下層是各種忿怒相本尊和護法本尊。
文獻比較：
比較一件相近的1869年尼泊爾但西藏傳統唐卡，曾收藏於 Avery Brundage Collection，現藏於舊金山亞洲藝術館，收藏編號B60D11+。
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