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4                                              Shakyamuni Buddha seated on a lotus              5
A THANGKA OF SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA                 throne, his right hand in bhumisparsha           A THANGKA OF PADMASAMBHAVA
Tibet, 18th century                            mudra, flanked by his disciples Shariputra       Tibet, 19th century
Distemper on cloth, the reverse with Tibetan   and Maudgalyayana, both holding an alms          Distemper on cloth, the reverse inscribed in
inscription ‘om, ah, hum’, with silk brocaded  bowl and a staff. At the top centre is the blue  Tibetan with ‘om, ah, hum’ on a line drawing
mount, framed and glazed.                      Vajradhara Buddha flanked by Vajrasattva on      of a stupa, with silk brocaded mount, framed
48 x 30cm (18 7/8 x 11 6/8 in); with cloth     the left and Padmasambhava on the right. On      and glazed.
mount: 121 x 75 cm (47 5/8 x 29 1/2 in).       the lower register of the painting, beneath the  48 x 30cm (18 7/8 x 11 6/8 in); with mount:
                                               Buddha, are Panjarnata Mahakala in the           121 x 75 cm (47 5/8 x 29 1/2 in)
西藏十八世紀 釋迦牟尼佛像                                  centre flanked by Brahmanarupa Mahakala
                                               on the left and Shri Devi Dorje Rabtenma on      西藏十九世紀 蓮花生大士像
Referenced 參考: Himalayan Art Resources         the right.
item no.2159                                                                                    Referenced 參考: Himalayan Art Resources
                                               Compare with a related thangka of                item no.2197
Provenance 來源: The Jongen-Schleiper            Shakyamuni Buddha, 18th century, illustrated
Collection of Fine Thangkas                    by M.M.Rhye, Worlds of Transformation:           Provenance 來源: The Jongen-Schleiper
                                               Tibetan Art of Wisdom and Compassion,            Collection of Fine Thangkas
Published and Illustrated: A.Neven, Etudes     New York, 1999, p.144, no.5.
D’Art Lamaique et de L’Himalaya, Brussels,                                                      Published and Illustrated: A.Neven, Etudes
1978, p.21, no.5                                                                                D’Art Lamaique et de L’Himalaya, Brussels,
                                                                                                1978, p.85, no.62
出版及著錄: A.Neven著,《Etudes D’Art
Lamaique et de L’Himalaya》,布魯塞                                                                  出版及著錄: A.Neven著,《Etudes D’Art
爾,1978年,頁21,編號5                                                                                 Lamaique et de L’Himalaya》,布魯塞
                                                                                                爾,1978年,頁85,編號62

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