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AN AVALOKITESHVARA MANDALA
CENTRAL TIBET, LHASA STYLE, 19TH CENTURY

3 October 2017, 18:00 HKT
Hong Kong, Six Pacific Place

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AN AVALOKITESHVARA MANDALA

CENTRAL TIBET, LHASA STYLE, 19TH CENTURY
Distemper on cloth; verso with Tibetan "om, ah, hum" incantations behind each figure in red ink and six multi-line Tibetan mantras and dharanis empowering the mandala and each of the wrathful deities below.
Himalayan Art Resources item no.100647
Image: 67 x 47 cm (26 3/4 x 18 1/2 in.);
With silks: 130 x 70 cm (51 x 27 1/2 in.)

Footnotes

The thangka is a rare depiction of the Tigle Chu Drug Avalokiteshvara mandala, with its sixteen levels of deities and teachers. Whereas most mandalas follow ancient Indian textual prescriptions, the Tigle Chu Drug is thought to be distinctly Tibetan, possibly originating from the Kadampa tradition of Atisha (982-1054), who is pictured near the top center. The mandala's complex scheme, heightened by contrasting colors, conveys an absorbing three-dimensional universe viewed from the top down.

The composition follows a Gelug formula developed in Lhasa, placing the central mandala against a deep blue sky, with worldly, wrathful deities in an abbreviated verdant landscape below, and Buddhas and teachers among the clouds above. Further stylistic examples can be viewed on HAR, item nos.2339 & 41018; and Bonhams, New York, 17 March 2014, lot 41.

Published
Detlef Ingo Lauf, Tibetische Kunst, Bern, 1969, no.64.
Armand Neven, Lamaïstische Kunst, Brussels, 1975, no.125.
Armand Neven, Art Lamaïque, Brussels, 1975, no.125.
Jean Eracle, Om Mani Padme Hum, Morlanwelz, 1980, no.59.
Pia and Louis Van der Wee, A Tale of Thangkas: Living with a Collection, Antwerp, 1995, pp.123-4, fig.59.

Exhibited
Tibetische Kunst, Zurich, 8 - 30 March 1969; Luzern, 17 April - 11 May 1969; Geneva, 31 May - 22 June 1969.
Lamaïstische Kunst/Art Lamaïque, Société Général de Banque à Bruxelles, Brussels, 15 May - 30 June 1975.
Om Mani Padme Hum, Musée Royal de Mariemont, Morlanwelz, 25 April - 5 October 1980.
Mandala, The Ethnographic Museum, University of Zurich, August 1993.
De Taal van de Thangka, Ethnographic Museum, Antwerp, 1995.

Provenance
The Van Der Wee Collection, Belgium, acquired in Antwerp, 14 November 1964


觀世音菩薩壇城
藏中,拉薩風格,十九世紀

布本設色;背面有藏文題記,包括每人物背後紅色的"唵,阿,吽"符咒,以及六處祈禱文賦予曼荼羅及憤怒尊神以法力。
喜馬拉雅藝術資源網100647號
畫心: 67 X 47釐米(26 3/4 X 18 1/2英吋);
裝裱:130 X 70釐米(51 X 27 1/2英吋)


150,000-250,000港元

此幅唐卡描繪了少見的Tigle Chu Drug觀世音菩薩壇城,以十六層上師及神祇組成。雖然大多數壇城架構都遵循古印度經文,但是Tigle Chu Drug壇城應為西藏所獨創,可能源於阿底峽(982-1054)創立的噶當派傳統,因而此處阿底峽被描繪於唐卡畫心頂端。壇城結構複雜,色彩艷麗,畫工細膩,展示出一個俯視角度的三維立體空間。

唐卡的構圖遵循一個源於拉薩的格鲁派傳統,其將中央的壇城置於深藍色的天空之中, 將忿怒相尊神置於簡潔而翠綠的山水下界中,而傳承上師以及諸位神明則在雲層上界之中。更多此風格的實例可以參考喜馬拉雅藝術資源網,2339 與 41018號;以及邦翰斯,紐約,2014年3月17日,拍品41號。

著錄
Detlef Ingo Lauf,Tibetische Kunst,伯恩, 1969年,64號。
Armand Neven, Lamaïstische Kunst,布魯塞爾,1975年, 125號。
Armand Neven, Art Lamaïque,布魯塞爾,1975年, 125號。
Jean Eracle,Om Mani Padme Hum,莫爾朗韋, 1980年,59號。
Pia 與 Louis Van der Wee, A Tale of Thangkas: Living with a Collection,安特衛普, 1995年,頁123-4, 59號圖。

展覽
Tibetische Kunst,蘇黎世, 1969年3月8日至30日;盧森, 1969年4月17日- 5月11日; 1969年5月31日- 6月22日,日內瓦。
Lamaïstische Kunst/Art Lamaïque,興業銀行,布魯塞爾, 1975年5月15日- 6月30日。
Om Mani Padme Hum,皇家馬里蒙特博物館,莫爾朗韋,1980年4月25日 - 10月5日。
Mandala,蘇黎世大學民族博物館,蘇黎世大學, 1993年8月。
De Taal van de Thangka,民族博物館,安特衛普, 1995年。

來源
范德偉夫婦珍藏,比利时,於1964年11月14日購自安特衛普。

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