THANGKA REPRESENTANT MGON PO BENG MAHAKALA

TIBET, XVIIIEME SIECLE

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THANGKA REPRESENTANT MGON PO BENG MAHAKALA
TIBET, XVIIIEME SIECLE
Il est représenté en pratyalidhasana sur des divinités placées sur une base lotiforme. Ses mains principales tiennent le karttrika et le kapala. Sa parèdre lui offre un kapala rempli de sang. Surmonté par Samantabhadra et Vajrasattva, il est entouré par des divinités protectrices.
Dimensions: 74 x 52 cm. (29 1/8 x 20 ½ in.), encadré

Provenance

The Private Collection of Lionel and Danielle Fournier of Himalayan Art, collected in Europe during the 1970s-1980s.

Literature

N. Bazin (ed.), Rituels tibétains: Visions secrètes du Ve Dalai Lama, Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, Paris 2002, plate 54.

Exhibited

Rituels tibétains: Visions secrètes du Ve Dalai Lama, Musées national des Arts asiatiques-Guimet, 5 November 2002 – 24 February 2003.

Further details

A FRAMED THANGKA DEPICTING MGON PO BENG MAHAKALA
TIBET, 18TH CENTURY

Lot Essay

Superbly painted in gold and filled in with subdued touches of various colours this nag thang painting is striking and mesmerizing to one’s eye. The centre is occupied by mGon po beng mahakala, a special form holding the staff (beng). His principle hands with ritual chopper and skull. His consort is offering him a blood-filled skull. Above him is visible Samantabhadra in sexual union with his partner, Vajrasattva and the eighth century master dGa’ rab rdo rje (Heller page 111). They are flanked by Che mchog heruka and Nairatmya. Mahakala himself is surrounded by three emanations and the one-eyed Ekajati. The lower register sees rDo rje legs pa in the centre flanked by Rahula with serpent body and another red coloured manifestation of Mahakala.

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