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A nagthang (black-ground) thangka depicting Mahakala Tibet, 18th century | 西藏 十八世紀 大黑天黑唐卡 設色布本

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Property from a European private collection

A nagthang (black-ground) thangka depicting Mahakala

Tibet, 18th century


the black ground (nagthang) thangka depicting Mahakala with the crescent moon of Shiva in his long matted hair, holding the trident (trishula) in his right hand and a skull cup in the left (kapala), with the severed head of four-faced Brahma as a pendant strung on a necklace of snakes, seated on a demon prostrated on a lotus base with flaming arch behind, and surrounded by an entourage of wrathful deities

68.8 x 48.3 cm, 27⅛ by 19 in.

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Thangka représentant Mahakala à fond noir, encre et couleur sur papier, Tibet, XVIIIE siècle

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歐洲私人收藏

西藏 十八世紀 大黑天黑唐卡 設色布本


68.8 x 48.3 公分, 27⅛x 19 英寸

Tibetan Nagpa paintings are typically reserved for the ferocious aspects of the Yidam deities, the guardians of the dharma and the mountain spirit deities of pre-Buddhism. Compare two eighteenth century black ground thangkas formerly in the Lionel Fournier Collection in Nathalie Bazin, Rituels tibétains: Visions secrètes du V Dalaï Lama, Paris, 2002, pp. 112-3, cat. nos. 54, 55.

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西藏黑唐卡專為描繪本尊的忿怒相,是法和佛教前身的山靈神祇守護者。 比較莱昂内•傅聂(Lionel Fournier)舊藏中兩例18世紀的黑唐卡,圖載於Nathalie Bazin著,《 Rituels tibétains: Visions secrètes du V Dalaï Lama》,2002年,頁112-3,編號 54,55