A thangka of Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi, Tibet, circa 18th century | 西藏 約十八世紀 勝樂金剛黑唐卡 

Collection of Lionel (1943-2017) and Danielle Fournier.

Christie's Paris, 12th December 2018, lot 53.

Lionel (1943-2017) 及 Danielle Fournier 伉儷收藏

巴黎佳士得2018年12月12日，編號53

The two-armed form of Chakrasamvara Sahaja and his consort Vajravarahi stand in union on a golden sun disk, trampling Red Kalaratri and Black Bhairava underfoot, surrounded by a snow-capped mountain landscape filled with auspicious emblems, ritual offerings, flaming jewels, and skull cups resting on wish-fulfilling vases, with Blue Akshobhya above flanked by emanations of Chakrasamvara, and Chaturbhuja Mahakala below flanked by Yama Dharmaraja to the right and Sita Chakrasamvara to the left. This form of Chakrasamvara, with one face and two hands, was introduced to Tibet from India in the eleventh century by the great lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo (958-1055) (see Himalayan Art Resources item no. 65438).

The collection of Himalayan art assembled by Lionel Fournier from the 1960s included a very fine assemblage of sculptures, paintings and ritual objects. In 1990, much of the collection was donated to the Musée Guimet in Paris and published in Giles Béguin, Art ésotérique de l'Himâlaya: La donation Lionel Fournier, Paris, 1990. For other thangkas in the current sale that emanate from the Fournier Collection, see lots 109, 115 and 135.

此勝樂金剛像一面二臂，十一世紀時由大譯師仁欽桑布（958-1055年）從印度傳入西藏，見傑夫・瓦特，喜馬拉雅藝術資源中心（HAR）編號65438。

Lionel Fournier（1943-2017年）自1960年代起建立喜馬拉雅藝術收藏，包羅造像、繪畫、法器等，品質精純。1990年，其大批收藏捐予巴黎吉美國立亞洲藝術博物館，且集成圖錄，Giles Béguin，《Art ésotérique de l'Himâlaya : La donation Lionel Fournier》，法國國家博物館聯合會，巴黎，1990年。同場呈現Fournier寶蓄其他唐卡，詳見編號109、115及135。