Himalayas: The Richard R. & Magdalena Ernst Collection of Important Tibetan Paintings and other Himalayan Works of Art
Himalayas: The Richard R. & Magdalena Ernst Collection of Important Tibetan Paintings and other Himalayan Works of Art
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A rare and important thangka depicting Guhyasamaja, Tibet, 15th century | 西藏 十五世紀 密集金剛唐卡 設色布本
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60,000 - 80,000 EUR
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Property from the collection of Richard R. and Magdalena Ernst
A rare and important thangka depicting Guhyasamaja
Tibet, 15th century
distemper on cloth, the dark blue three-headed and six-armed deity in union with his three-headed and six-armed light blue consort Sparshavajri, each holding the same array of ritual implements including vajra, ghanta, padma, chakra and khadga, wearing golden jewellery and seated on a lotus throne within a trilobate arch of flaming ratna, with Vajradhara in the upper register to the left, together with Acharya Nagarjuna, Indian pandita and mahasiddha, and Tibetan monks, six-armed retinue deities together with the Eight Great Bodhisattvas in the side registers, with ten six-armed krodha in pratyalidha below including Yamantaka (Vajrabhairava), Prajnadrika, Hayagriva, Vighnantaka, Acala, Takkiraja, Niladanda, Mahakala, Chakravarti and Sumbharava, and Hindu deities as guardians in the lower register, including Indra on the elephant vahana Airavata, Vishnu, Agni, Yama, Nairrita, Varuna, Vayu, Kubera, Ganesha, Ishana, Surya, Chandra and Prithvi
105 x 90 cm, 41 3/8 by 35 3/8 in.
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Collection Richard R. et Magdalena Ernst
Rare et important tangka représentant Guhyasamaja, détrempe sur toile, Tibet, XVe siècle
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恩斯特伉儷收藏
西藏 十五世紀 密集金剛唐卡 設色布本
Heather Stoddard, “Early Tibetan Paintings: Sources and Styles (11th-14th centuries AD)”, in Archives of Asian Art 49: pp. 26-50, 1996, fig. 26 Amy Heller, Tibetan Art: Tracing the Development of Spiritual Ideals and Art in Tibet, Milan, 1999, cat. no. 97
John C. Huntington and Dina Bangdel, The Circle of Bliss: Buddhist Meditational Art, Chicago, 2003, p. 439, cat. no. 135.
Jackie Menzies, ed, Goddess: Divine Energy, Sydney, 2006, p. 242, cat. no. 151.
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 202997.
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Heather Stoddard，《西藏早期繪畫 : 風格(西元十一至十四世紀)》，〈亞洲藝術〉雜誌49期，26至50頁，1996年，圖26
Amy Heller，《西藏藝術 : 探索西藏靈性和藝術之發展》，米蘭，1999年，編號97
John C. Huntington and Dina Bangde，《Circle of Bliss : 佛教冥想藝術》，芝加哥，2003年，439頁，編號135
Jackie Menzies 編，《女神 : 神聖能量》，雪梨，2006年，242頁，編號151
喜瑪拉雅藝術資源，物件編號202997
The painting of the celestial couple is one of the most elegant Tibetan works from the early fifteenth century, a masterpiece of design and execution. The pure red space of the shrine serves to highlight the dynamic line of the monumental figures. Subtle blue shading gives dimension to the goddess’s lithe form draped with scarves and exquisite gold jewellery. Rarely is this iconographic subject so clearly delineated, allowing the viewer to follow the contours of the bodies, the flow of the scarves, examine hands and ritual implements silhouetted against the red background, and to gaze upon the otherworldly countenance of Guhyasamaja and his consort. The thangka is painted in the classic central Tibetan fifteenth century style, with the retinue and lineages arranged in geometric registers around the central shrine, cf. jewellery design, the geometric arrangement of the retinue deities in registers around the large central figure, and the shape of niches within the registers with the fifteenth century Vajrabhairava painting in the collection (see lot 19).
Like the Vajrabhairava, the Guhyasamaja may also have been commissioned for a Gelukpa patron. For a comprehensive discourse on the iconography and the importance of this painting of Guhyasamaja, see the essay by Cathleen Ann Cummings in John C. Huntington and Dinah Bangdel, The Circle of Bliss: Buddhist Meditational Art, Chicago, 2003, pp. 438-40.
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本幅密集金剛持唐卡畫風優雅，構圖及繪畫技巧傑出，為十五世紀初西藏唐卡經典之作。神殿所採用的純紅色凸顯出人物的巨大和線條的動態感。女神披著綢緞和精緻金飾，微妙的藍色陰影讓婀娜身姿更加立體。紅色背景彰顯人物及綢緞線條之動感、襯托手勢和法器、並加深密集金剛持凝視妃子時超脫世俗地神態。細節精心勾勒，在此主題中十分罕見。本幅唐卡採用西藏中部十五世紀經典風格繪製，隨從護法及其幻身以幾何式圍繞著中心神龕，參考西藏珠寶設計。另比一例，十五世紀獨雄大威德金剛唐卡（拍品編號19）， 採用相同構圖方式，將隨從護法神圍繞在獨雄大威德金剛四周，其神龕形狀亦相似。
如上述獨雄大威德金剛唐卡，本密集金剛持唐卡應受格魯派僧侶所託訂製而作。關於更多本唐卡圖像學詳盡論述及其重要性，見Cathleen Ann Cummings於John C. Huntington和Dinah Bangdel, 《The Circle of Bliss: 佛教冥想藝術》，芝加哥，2003年，第438-40頁。