Lot Essay
See footnote to lot 196.
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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A FINE AND RARE EMBROIDERED THANGKA OF JAMBHALA
EARLY MING DYNASTY (1368-1424)
Details
A FINE AND RARE EMBROIDERED THANGKA OF JAMBHALA
EARLY MING DYNASTY (1368-1424)
Finely embroidered thangka divided into three registers of decoration, framed with a classic scroll couched in gold thread, the top register contains a sacred parasol amid clouds; the middle register with Jambhala, the bare-chested, gold-skinned deity wearing a crown, jewelled necklaces, celestial scarves and a red dhoti, one hand holding a mongoose spitting gems, the other clenching a staff, seated on a brown recumbent horse atop a lotus throne; all above a lower register with lotus scrolls, the five flower heads supporting one lantsa character of a five-syllable sacred mantra, all embroidered in silk threads in tones of blue and green, coral, pink, white, mustard yellow, tan and white
6 7/8 x 15 5/8 in. (17.5 x 39.5 cm.), framed and glazed
EARLY MING DYNASTY (1368-1424)
Finely embroidered thangka divided into three registers of decoration, framed with a classic scroll couched in gold thread, the top register contains a sacred parasol amid clouds; the middle register with Jambhala, the bare-chested, gold-skinned deity wearing a crown, jewelled necklaces, celestial scarves and a red dhoti, one hand holding a mongoose spitting gems, the other clenching a staff, seated on a brown recumbent horse atop a lotus throne; all above a lower register with lotus scrolls, the five flower heads supporting one lantsa character of a five-syllable sacred mantra, all embroidered in silk threads in tones of blue and green, coral, pink, white, mustard yellow, tan and white
6 7/8 x 15 5/8 in. (17.5 x 39.5 cm.), framed and glazed
Exhibited
Hong Kong, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Heavens' Embroidered Cloths, One Thousand Years of Chinese Textiles, 1995, no. 22g.
New York, Japan Society, Crosscurrents: Masterpieces of East Asian Art from New York Private Collections, 22 March - 11 July 1999, no. 12.
New York, Japan Society, Crosscurrents: Masterpieces of East Asian Art from New York Private Collections, 22 March - 11 July 1999, no. 12.