A rare thangka depicting Amitabha, Avalokiteshvara and Green Tara, Tibet, Sakya school, Ngor monastery, 15th century | 薩迦派 俄爾寺 十五世紀 藏傳阿彌陀佛及觀音菩薩及綠度母唐卡 設色布本

Swiss Private Collection

Galerie Koller, Zurich, 20th / 21st November 1992, lot 4.

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Koller藝廊，蘇黎世，1992年11月20-21日，編號4

Amitabha flanked by two standing bodhisattvas is seated at the apex of the central shrine, with Avalokiteshvara and Tara seated on a double lotus throne below. The shrine is surrounded by myriad Buddhas, retinue gods and goddesses, Buddhist Worldly Protectors and Brahmanical Guardians of the Directions. The painting is mounted in what is likely the original blue silk fishtail mounts and veils. The painting style is closely related to the set of fifteenth century Lamdre lineage thangkas commissioned by Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo (1382-1456) for the Sakya monastery of Ngor which he founded in 1429, see lot 31: compare the palette, the format of the lion thrones, the distinctive lotus petal seats, and the supports issuing from golden kalasha vases. This fine painting of Amitabha, Avalokiteshvara and Green Tara is thus likely to be similarly dated to between 1429 and 1456. 

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此幅唐卡見阿彌陀佛端坐於中央神龕之頂，左右見護法菩薩，下方雙層蓮花座上繪製觀音菩薩與綠度母。神龕四周環繞無數諸佛、隨侍天神、護法神、世俗護法及婆羅門方位護法等。畫作以魚尾式藍絲綢天地邊裝裱並帶薄紗佛簾，應為原裱。此畫風格與十五世紀道果傳承之唐卡系列密切相關，該系列唐卡由俄欽．貢噶桑波（1382–1456）為1429年建造之薩迦派俄爾寺所委託製作。詳見拍品31，可比較其色彩、獅紋及蓮花座獨特設計，及長壽金瓶之花葉支託。由此推測，本幅精美唐卡應創作於1429年至1456年間。