THANGKA REPRESENTANT DBANG DRAG PADMA

TIBET, XVIIIEME SIECLE

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THANGKA REPRESENTANT DBANG DRAG PADMA
TIBET, XVIIIEME SIECLE
Il est représenté en pratyalidhasana sur des divinités placées sur une base lotiforme. Sa main principale tient le vajra et le kapala, les autres bras rayonnent autour de lui tenant des attributs divers. Il est surmonté de Padmasambhava et entouré de divinités protectrices et lamas.
Dimensions: 71,5 x 47 cm. (28 1/8 x 18 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 50.

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 DBANG DRAG PADMA
TIBET, 18TH CENTURY

Lot Essay

This highly energetically executed thangka portrays a rare six-armed form of Padmasambhava in sexual union with his consort. The latter in human aspect is placed above him. He is flanked to his right by Vajradhara and Samantabhadra. The other historical figures were identified by Amy Heller in the below mentioned publication on page 108. These are the Indian master dGa’ rab rdo rje (8th Ct.), the Tibetan master Dharmashri (1654-1717), Klong chen (1308-1363) and the Nyingma pa master Jigme Lingpa (1729-1798). Below these are depicted the horse-headed Hayagriva with opposite Vajrakila. The lower register include three protective deities, Rahula with serpent body, the one-eyed Ekajati and rDorje legs pa.

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