拍品编号：PMJG4744

拍品名称：经书

拍品年代：11th

拍品尺幅：19 * 68（厘米）

成交金额： 128,000 HKD

折合人民币：128000 HKD

拍品类型： 经书、经板

拍品地域：藏西

拍品材质：纸

拍品主题：人物

拍卖公司：Bonhams（邦瀚斯）

拍卖专场：Reverence（2025-11）

拍卖时间：2025年11月

拍卖地点：香港

原始编号：806

内容:

AN ILLUMINATED PAGE FROM THE ASHTASAHASRIKA PRAJNAPARAMITA SUTRA WITH A DISCIPLE WORSHIPPING BUDDHA IN THE ACT OF PREACHING
WESTERN TIBET, PURANG-GUGE KINGDOM, 11TH CENTURY
Black and red ink, distemper on paper.
Image: 4.8 x 5 cm (1 7/8 x 2 in.), the larger;
Folio: 19.5 x 68.5 cm (7 3/4 x 27 in.)
Footnotes
Provenance
Acquired in 2002

Twenty-three years in the Collection of Ulrich von Schroeder

藏西 普蘭-古格王國 十一世紀 彩繪弟子頂禮說法佛陀圖《八千頌般若經》經頁

來源
2002年入藏

烏爾里希·馮·施羅德珍藏，二十三年

According to the Tibetan inscription on the black section on the left side this is the first page of the 31st chapter of the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra: shes rab kyi pha rold tu phyind pa stong phrag brgya pa / dum bu le'u sum cu gcig go //. According to the Tibetan inscription on the black section on the right side this is the 9th dum bu (section) of the 5th bam po (sheet) of the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra: shes rab kyi pha rold tu phyind pa stong phrag brgya pa / dum bu rgu pa / bam po lnga pa'o // [Andreas Kretschmar].

This rare, early painted manuscript page of the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra illustrates Shakyamuni Buddha clad in a monastic garment and seated in the lotus position. The Buddha displays the "gesture of the wheel of the doctrine" dharmachakra mudra; each thumb and index finger touch to form a circle, symbolizing the Wheel of Dharma. The red painted upper monastic garment with a blue border is rendered with folds and covers the left shoulder only. The Buddha is encircled by a rainbow-colored ornamented aureole, the inner white circle decorated with dotted red lotus flowers. The head is set against a red nimbus with a blue rim. The Buddha is placed within a rectangular red panel with blue border. The Buddha likely represents the historical Shakyamuni shown in the monastic garments of the nirmanakaya aspect.

To the Buddha's right, a blue-skinned disciple kneels on a circular white cushion patterned in red, his hands held in namaskara-mudra as he gazes upward. Clad in a red monastic robe, he is surrounded by a yellow oval aureole traced with red ornament. Note the short inscription partly covered by the painting of the attendant.

Notably, the outer band of the Buddha's aureole decorated with curlicue lines reflects a stylistic feature commonly featured in Western Himalayan painting and compares with an 11th-century mural of Bodhisattva Vajragarbha at Tabo Monastery, (Linrothe (ed.), Collecting Paradise, 2014, p. 120, fig. 2.15).

Bonhams would like to thank Andreas Kretschmar for his assistance in translating portions of this manuscript.