TIBET, CIRCA 1800

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A Set of Sixteen Mandala of Dzogchen
Tibet, circa 1800
Each consisting of circular patterns with red painted borders representing the Nyingma teachings on the Quintessential System of Great Perfection
Each: 4¾ x 5 in.(12 x 12.5 cm.)

Literature

Exhibition catalogue, Monasterios y lamas del Tibet, Madrid, Fundación "La Caixa", 2000, p. 126, cat. no. 76.
Exhibition catalogue, Rituels tibétains: Visions secrètes du Ve Dalaï Lama, Paris, Musée national des Arts asiatiques-Guimet, 2002, p. 130, cat. no. 73.

Exhibited

Madrid, Fundación "La Caixa", Monasterios y lamas del Tibet, cat. no. 76, November 2000-January 2001.
Paris, Musée national des Arts asiatiques-Guimet, Rituels tibétains: Visions secrètes du Ve Dalaï Lama, cat. no. 73, November 2002-February 2003.

Sale room notice

Please note that the size of each mandala is actually larger than noted in catalogue; each mandala is 8¾ x 8¾ in. (22 x 22 cm.) in size.

Lot Essay

The sixteen mandalas are used in the initiations of Longchen Nyingthig rituals, which consist of a series of teachings conceived by the Nyingma master, Longchen (1308-1363). The mandalas with the inverted triangle patterns relate to female deities while the mandalas with abstract color fields are meant to impart the 'Pure View of Reality'.

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