Two Block Prints on Yellow Silk depicting Kalachakra and the Fifth Dalai Lama
西藏 十九世紀 絹本喇嘛及勝樂金剛雕版印刷一組兩件

Tibet, 19th century

細節
西藏 十九世紀 絹本喇嘛及勝樂金剛雕版印刷一組兩件
Black ink on yellow silk
20 ½ x 11 7/8 in. (52 x 30.4 cm.) Fifth Dalai Lama
33 3/8 x 21 5/8 (85 x 55 cm.) Kalachakra
出版
Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), item no. 24341

拍品專文

Originating in China as early as 200 AD, woodblock printing was adopted as an artistic technique throughout east Asia. The two present examples from Tibet are printed on coveted yellow silk. The first depicts Kalachakra in union with Vishvamata, the principal deities of the Sanskrit Kalachakra Tantra, a text of complex Tibetan Buddhist teachings and practices. The couple stands encircled by a fiery halo with Shakyamuni Buddha seated above flaked by Raja Chandra Bhadra on the left and Vidyadhara Manjuskirit on the right. The bottom corners depict the bird-headed Shabala Garuda on the left and Vishvamata on the right with an abundance of offerings between them.
The second work depicts the fifth Dalai Lama seated on a lavish throne with lotus blossoms, auspicious symbols and offerings before him. Two lines of Tibetan script at the bottom translate to:
Lobsang enjoys the teaching at celestial Garden,
The image of dharma king who is well verse in scripture and philosophy,
Beautifully adorned with all the major and minor marks,
Prostrate to the nature of the three jewels.
This portrait was blessed 100 times by the lord himself.
Compare the figure of Kalachakra with another depiction of Kalachakra from a set of block prints on gold silk depicting the secret biography of the Seventh Dalai Lama in Tibet House, New Delhi (HAR 71959).

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