拍品编号：PMJG3977

拍品名称：印度上师

拍品年代：18th

拍品尺幅：94 * 58（厘米）

起拍价： 150,000 HKD

成交金额： 153,000 HKD

折合人民币：153000 HKD

拍品类型： 彩唐

拍品地域：藏东

拍品材质：布

拍品主题：人物

拍卖公司：Bonhams（邦瀚斯）

拍卖专场：Images of Devotion（2022-11）

拍卖时间：2022年11月

拍卖地点：香港

原始编号：1039

内容:

A THANGKA OF AN INDIAN SIDDHA
EASTERN TIBET, 18TH CENTURY
Distemper on cloth, with original silk mounts; verso with a Tibetan 'om, ah, hum' incantation behind the central figure and a Tibetan inscription probably referring to the unidentified subject, "Guru Arya Sanga Siddhi Hum".
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 4737
Image: 94 x 58 cm (37 x 22 7/8 in.);
With silks: 183 x 80 cm (72 x 31 1/2 in.)
Footnotes
藏東 十八世紀 印度成就者唐卡

This large and elegant thangka is rendered in a Kham-dri style of Eastern Tibet, related to the aesthetic revival inspired by Situ Panchen (1700–74) and the Karma Kagyu Order of Tibetan Buddhism in the 18th century. Informed by the Chinese landscape tradition, a high level of refinement is shown in every element: from the deft, light brushstrokes creating the rocky outcroppings, clouds, and far-away mountain peaks, to the gradual washes conveying the verdant ground's recession in both fore- and background, giving the setting an ethereal character. The subtle shading of the petals within the lotus pedestal add a pleasing volume to the flower. Their exact treatment, and the silhouettes of the cumulus clouds framing the central figure, are details shared by another Kham-dri painting of White Tara (HAR 997; Jackson, A Place of Provenance, 2012, p. 96, fig. 5.8), though its more opaque palette and harder outlines would ascribe it a later date (early 19th century) than the present work.

The unidentified subject of the painting is one of the revered Indian root gurus of Tibetan Buddhism, which can be discerned by the blue inner vest worn that is reserved for this class of religious master. Another painting from the same set was sold at Bonhams, Sydney, 15 November 2018, lot 145.

Provenance:
Private California Collection