13th Dec, 2023 13:00
Fine Asian Art Holiday Sale
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A FINE THANGKA DEPICTING USHNISHAVIJAYA, TIBET, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
Sold for €2,080
including Buyer's Premium
Distemper and gold on cloth. The three-headed and eight-armed goddess bearing a fierce expression, seated in dhyanasana on a lotus cushion, holding a four-pronged vajra before her, above a water vessel held in her lap, while lifting up a small image of the Buddha Amitabha, two other hands holding a bow and arrow. She is robed in voluminous silks and backed by a large nimbus and green halo. The central figure is surrounded by images of several buddhas, bodhisattvas, and wrathful deities, centered at the top by Tsongkhapa.
Provenance: Acquired by the father of the present owner in Tibet around 1970 and thence by descent. Dr. David Templeman, a scholar of Tibetan Buddhism and Adjunct Research Fellow at Monash Asia Institute, Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, has previously appraised the present lot.
Condition: Wear, light fading, creases, folds, fraying to edges, minor losses to pigments, soiling, and stains, presenting very well.
Dimensions: Size 154 x 123.5 cm
Ushnishavijaya is one of the most beloved deities in Tibetan Buddhism and is often seen together with the other two long-life deities, Amitayus and White Tara. This group is known as the Three Long Life Deities or tse lha nam sum. There are other deities associated with long life and healing but these three are commonly referred to as the principal deities and form their own group.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 15 March 2016, lot 212
Price: USD 20,000 or approx. EUR 24,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A painting of Ushnishavijaya, Tibet, 18th century
Expert remark: Compare the closely related subject and related manner of painting. Note the smaller size (49.3 x 31.1 cm).
Distemper and gold on cloth. The three-headed and eight-armed goddess bearing a fierce expression, seated in dhyanasana on a lotus cushion, holding a four-pronged vajra before her, above a water vessel held in her lap, while lifting up a small image of the Buddha Amitabha, two other hands holding a bow and arrow. She is robed in voluminous silks and backed by a large nimbus and green halo. The central figure is surrounded by images of several buddhas, bodhisattvas, and wrathful deities, centered at the top by Tsongkhapa.
Provenance: Acquired by the father of the present owner in Tibet around 1970 and thence by descent. Dr. David Templeman, a scholar of Tibetan Buddhism and Adjunct Research Fellow at Monash Asia Institute, Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, has previously appraised the present lot.
Condition: Wear, light fading, creases, folds, fraying to edges, minor losses to pigments, soiling, and stains, presenting very well.
Dimensions: Size 154 x 123.5 cm
Ushnishavijaya is one of the most beloved deities in Tibetan Buddhism and is often seen together with the other two long-life deities, Amitayus and White Tara. This group is known as the Three Long Life Deities or tse lha nam sum. There are other deities associated with long life and healing but these three are commonly referred to as the principal deities and form their own group.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 15 March 2016, lot 212
Price: USD 20,000 or approx. EUR 24,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A painting of Ushnishavijaya, Tibet, 18th century
Expert remark: Compare the closely related subject and related manner of painting. Note the smaller size (49.3 x 31.1 cm).
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