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RARE THANGKA REPRESENTANT CATURMUKHA
MAHAKALA
TIBET, XVEME SIECLE
Il est représenté en pratyalidhasana piétinant des divinités placées
sur une base lotiforme. Il tient dans ses mains principales le karttrika
et le kapala. Ses deux autres mains portent le khadga et le trishula. Il
est vêtu d'une peau de tigre. Il est paré de bijoux et d'un mala de têtes
coupées. Ses quatres visages sont empreints d'une expression féroce.
Dimensions de la peinture: 52 x 47,7 cm. (20Ω x 18æ in.), encadré sous
verre
€75,000-95,000 US$84,000-110,000
£65,000-82,000

PROVENANCE:
Christie's New York, 21 March 2012, lot 771.
Property of a Southeast Asian collector.
A RARE FRAMED AND GLAZED THANGKA DEPICTING
CATURMUKHA MAHAKALA
TIBET, 15TH CENTURY
西藏 十五世紀 四面忿怒瑪哈嘎拉唐卡 鏡框
來源：
紐約佳士得，2012年3月21日，拍品771號
東南亞藏家珍藏

The central deity, Chaturmukha Mahakala (“Four-faced Mahakala”), is
the second of the principle protector deities in the Sakya tradition of
Tibetan Buddhism. There are fve forms of Chaturmukha Mahakala,
and this painting depicts all of them. With the white and red faces
on either side of the central blue face, the central deity can be
identifed as the Accomplishment form of Chaturmukha Mahakala.
The diminutive Approximation form with green faces is located to
the right of the central fgure’s head, while the Demon Faces form
with the elephant and lion faces is located to the right of the trident.
The other two forms, Performing Activities and Four Families, are at
bottom center and bottom left, respectively.
Because most of the lineage teachers can be identifed, it is possible
to roughly date the age of the painting. As Khedrubje Geleg Palzang
(1385-1438), student of Tsongkhapa, is located towards the end of the
lineage without subsequent teachers after him, it can be assumed
that this painting dates from not long after his death.

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