AN EMBROIDERED SILK THANGKA DEPICTING EKADASHAMUKHA AVALOKITESHVARA
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
the bodhisattva with eleven heads and eight arms, adorned in an elaborate dhoti, flowing patterned robes and jewelry, with two hands held together in namaskara mudra, one held out in varada mudra, and the other hands each holding a different attribute including a dharma wheel, a mala, a lotus blossom, a bow, and a long-life vessel, standing against a halo radiating golden threads of light, atop a large lotus flower emerging from the waters, a further leafy scroll of lush lotuses extending upwards to frame the aureole, mountains in the distance, surmounted by Shakyamuni, Bhaisayaguru, and Vairocana on lotus bases in the heavens, Tsongkhapa and a Gelug teacher at the bottom, both in front of tables laden with offering vessels, rolled-up thangkas and scriptures, predominantly worked in a palette of blue, gold and cream in silk floss and couched threads on a midnight blue ground, with navy and gold silk damask mounting, framed
24 by 16 in., 60.5 by 40 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Major-General of U.S. Army forces in China, William Durward Connor (1874-1960); acquired in Tianjin, 10th March, 1926.
Sloan's Art Galleries, Washington, D.C., 4th May 1962, lot 500.
Collection of U.S. Diplomat William M. Campbell (1938-2016), and thence by descent.
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