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A THANGKA OF SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA
Tibet, 19th century
Distemper on cloth, the reverse with a hand impression and Tibetan
‘om, ah, hum’ invocation in red pigment, with cloth mount, framed and
glazed.
62 x 47 cm (24 3/8 x 18 1/2 in);
With cloth mount: 114 x 72 cm (44 7/9 x 28 3/8 in)

西藏十九世紀 釋迦牟尼佛像

Referenced 參考: Himalayan Art Resources item no.2222
Provenance 來源: the Jongen-Schleiper Collection of Fine Thangkas

The founder of Buddhism, Shakyamuni Buddha, seated with his
hands in earth-touching bhumisparsa mudra with an alms bowl in his
left hand. He is flanked by his two principal disciples Sariputra and
Mahamaudgalyayana who each hold a khakkhara staff in the right hand
and a black alms bowl in the left. They are further surrounded by the
original followers of Buddha, the Sixteen Arhats.

At the lower register of the painting can be seen the Four Guardian
deities and the attendant figures of Dharmatala (an idealised form
of the great Tang dynasty explorer and translator Xuanzang) and
Hvashang (a Tibetan adoption of the Chinese word ‘heshang’ meaning
‘monk’, referring to the Chan monk Moheyan). For more details
about the Eighteen Arhats and Two Attendants, see M.M.Rhie and
R.A.F.Thurman, Worlds of Transformation: Tibetan Art of Wisdom and
Compassion, 1999, New York, p.143.

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A THANGKA OF SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA
Tibet, 18th century
Distemper on cloth, the reverse inscribed in Tibetan ‘om, ah, hum’
written in red pigment, with cloth mount, framed and glazed.
62.5 x 42 cm (24 5/8 x 16 1/2 in);
With mount: 107 x 62 cm (42 1/8 x 24 3/8 in)

西藏十八世紀 釋迦牟尼佛像

Referenced 參考: Himalayan Art Resources item no.2166
Provenance 來源: The Jongen-Schleiper Collection of Fine Thangkas

The founder of Buddhism Shakyamuni Buddha, surrounded by the
Sixteen Arhats, attendants, and at the bottom, the Kings of the Four
Directions. Compare with a thangka of Shakyamuni Buddha with
Arhats, 18th century, in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, illustrated on
Himalayan Art Resources, item no.35307.

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