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TIBETAN PAINTINGS FROM THE COLLECTION
OF RALPH GLASGAL (LOTS 401-416)

TIBETAN PAINTINGS FROM THE COLLECTION OF RALPH GLASGAL
(LOTS 401-416)
407
A PAINTING OF THE PEACEFUL DEITIES OF THE BARDO
EASTERN TIBET, 18TH CENTURY
26√ x 18√ in. (68.3 x 47.9 cm.)
$8,000-12,000
LITERATURE:
Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 24731.
Along with several other paintings from the collection of Ralph Glasgal,
including lots 405, 408, 409, 410, and 412, the present painting closely follows
the Situ Panchen style of painting popular in Eastern Tibet and established
in the eighteenth century by Situ Panchen Chokyi Jungne (1700-1774).
Characteristics of the style include an open, schematic composition set within
a sparsely-populated landscape, horizontally-rendered clouds and triangular
mountains, and the use of the unpainted textile as a ground.
The present painting depicts the peaceful deities of the Bardo, the Tibetan
conception of the state between death and rebirth. There are many different
Bardo traditions within Tibetan Buddhism, with no established precedent for
depicting the transitory state. In some traditions, peaceful and wrathful deities
arranged in a mandala-like composition are meant to convey the phenomena
experienced between life and death.

西藏東部 十八世紀 《西藏度亡經》一圖
出版:
“喜馬拉雅藝術資源” (Himalayan Art Resources), 編號24731

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