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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)
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A BLACK-GROUND PAINTING OF SHINGKYONG WANGPO
TIBET, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
Image 28 x 20 in. (71.1 x 50.8 cm.)
$20,000-30,000
LITERATURE:
Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 24726.
The present painting depicts the lion-faced protector deity, Shingkyong
Wangpo, at center seated on a horse; his companion, Sengdongma, red in
color and smaller in size, rides across the foreground just below him. The two
are surrounded by a multitude of retinue figures, including the Bamro – two
monkeys standing on their hands and supporting bowls of food offerings with
their feet. Padmasambhava is seated at top center, flanked by unidentified
lamas. Shingkyong Wangpo originates in Nyingma teachings, but was
worshipped by the Karma Kagyu sect of Tibetan Buddhism and it is likely
this painting was created within a Karma Kagyu monastery. Another black-
ground painting of Shingkyong Wangpo, with Sengdongma, the Bamro, and
Padhmasambhava, formerly in the collection of Lionel Fournier, is illustrated
by G. Béguin, Art ésotérique de l’Himalaya: La donation Lionel Fournier, Paris,
1990, p. 146, cat. No. 83.

西藏 十七/十八世紀 黑地護法神像
出版:
“喜馬拉雅藝術資源” (Himalayan Art Resources), 編號24726

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