16th Oct, 2021 10:00
TWO-DAY AUCTION - Fine Chinese Art / 中國藝術集珍 / Buddhism & Hinduism
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A RARE THANGKA DEPICTING VAJRADHARA AND CONSORT WITHIN A REFUGE FIELD, 18TH CENTURY
十八世紀罕見金剛總持及明妃皈依境唐卡
Sold for €3,286
including Buyer's Premium
Tibet. Gold and distemper on cloth. The Primordial Buddha embraced with his consort Bhagavani in the center, below Tsongkhapa, founder of the Gelugpa School, surrounded by lineage teachers within a refuge field in the framework of a tree, flanked by blue Mahakala and a red dakini, both striding atop prostrate figures and surrounded by flames, in the lower corners. With a silk brocade frame and mounted as a hanging scroll.
Provenance: From a noted Hungarian private collection.
Condition: Soiling, creases, abrasions, losses, the colors darkened. The silk brocade frame with small losses and loose threads. Condition overall commensurate with age and still presenting well.
Dimensions: Image size 70 x 48 cm, Size incl. mounting 132 x 80 cm
The silk brocade frame, probably from the same period, is finely woven with gold thread against a dark blue ground with butterflies, bats, flowers, and rocks emerging from crashing waves.
Expert’s note: The present thangka presents an extremely rare variation of the Gelugpa Refuge Field, which usually depicts Tsongkhapa, while the present thangka shows Vajradhara with his consort Bhagavani in the center.
Auction result comparison: Compare a related Tibetan thangka of the Field of Accumulation of Merit, also dated to the 18th century, of slightly larger size (85.4 x 55.5), at Christie’s New York in Indian and Southeast Asian Art on 21 September 2007, lot 200, sold for USD 15,000.
十八世紀罕見金剛總持及明妃皈依境唐卡
西藏，布面膠畫，絲織錦框，掛軸。皈依境中具象佛陀金剛總持擁抱著他的明妃薄伽梵尼菩薩，上方為格魯派創始人宗喀巴大師，周圍環繞著上師，兩側是藍色的大黑天和紅色的空行母，兩人都脚踏惡魔並被火焰包圍。
來源：匈牙利知名收藏
品相：整體狀況與年齡相符，有污跡，摺痕，擦傷，損失，顏色變暗。 絲織錦框，小損耗，局部絲綫鬆動。
尺寸：畫心70 x 48 厘米, 總132 x 80 厘米
專家注釋：這件唐卡是格魯派皈依境圖裏一種極為罕見的變體，通常描繪的是宗喀巴大師，而現在的唐卡中央則是金剛總持和他的明妃。
拍賣結果比較：一件十八世紀的西藏唐卡皈依境圖 (85.4 x 55.5厘米) ，見紐約佳士得Indian and Southeast Asian Art 2007年9月21日 lot 200, 售價USD 15,000。
Tibet. Gold and distemper on cloth. The Primordial Buddha embraced with his consort Bhagavani in the center, below Tsongkhapa, founder of the Gelugpa School, surrounded by lineage teachers within a refuge field in the framework of a tree, flanked by blue Mahakala and a red dakini, both striding atop prostrate figures and surrounded by flames, in the lower corners. With a silk brocade frame and mounted as a hanging scroll.
Provenance: From a noted Hungarian private collection.
Condition: Soiling, creases, abrasions, losses, the colors darkened. The silk brocade frame with small losses and loose threads. Condition overall commensurate with age and still presenting well.
Dimensions: Image size 70 x 48 cm, Size incl. mounting 132 x 80 cm
The silk brocade frame, probably from the same period, is finely woven with gold thread against a dark blue ground with butterflies, bats, flowers, and rocks emerging from crashing waves.
Expert’s note: The present thangka presents an extremely rare variation of the Gelugpa Refuge Field, which usually depicts Tsongkhapa, while the present thangka shows Vajradhara with his consort Bhagavani in the center.
Auction result comparison: Compare a related Tibetan thangka of the Field of Accumulation of Merit, also dated to the 18th century, of slightly larger size (85.4 x 55.5), at Christie’s New York in Indian and Southeast Asian Art on 21 September 2007, lot 200, sold for USD 15,000.
十八世紀罕見金剛總持及明妃皈依境唐卡
西藏，布面膠畫，絲織錦框，掛軸。皈依境中具象佛陀金剛總持擁抱著他的明妃薄伽梵尼菩薩，上方為格魯派創始人宗喀巴大師，周圍環繞著上師，兩側是藍色的大黑天和紅色的空行母，兩人都脚踏惡魔並被火焰包圍。
來源：匈牙利知名收藏
品相：整體狀況與年齡相符，有污跡，摺痕，擦傷，損失，顏色變暗。 絲織錦框，小損耗，局部絲綫鬆動。
尺寸：畫心70 x 48 厘米, 總132 x 80 厘米
專家注釋：這件唐卡是格魯派皈依境圖裏一種極為罕見的變體，通常描繪的是宗喀巴大師，而現在的唐卡中央則是金剛總持和他的明妃。
拍賣結果比較：一件十八世紀的西藏唐卡皈依境圖 (85.4 x 55.5厘米) ，見紐約佳士得Indian and Southeast Asian Art 2007年9月21日 lot 200, 售價USD 15,000。
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