THANGKA REPRESENTANT SAMVARA

TIBET, XVIIIEME SIECLE

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THANGKA REPRESENTANT SAMVARA
TIBET, XVIIIEME SIECLE
Il est représenté enlaçant sa parèdre Vajravarahi, piétinant Kalaratri et Bhairava, tous placés sur une base lotiforme. Il est surmonté par Buddha Shakyamuni flanqué par deux manifestations de Samvara. Le registre inférieur est orné de Sadbhujamahakala flaqué de Yama et une autre forme de Samvara.
Dimensions: 72 x 54,5 cm. (28 3/8 x 21 ½ in.), encadré sous verre

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 52.

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 SAMVARA
TIBET, 18TH CENTURY

Lot Essay

This magnificent black background painting portrays the tutelary deity Samvara in sexual union with his consort Vajravarahi trampling the Hindu gods Kalaratri and Bhairava reclining on a gold painted lotus dais. They are placed in a mountainous landscape. The upper register shows Buddha Shakyamuni in the centre flanked by two other manifestations of Samvara. The lower part has Sadbhujamahakala in the centre flanked by the buffalo-faced Yama and another, now seated, form of Samvara.

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