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A THANGKA OF AVALOKITESHVARA A THANGKA OF GREEN TARA
Tibet, 19th century Tibet, 19th century
Distemper on cloth, the reverse with Tibetan inscription Distemper on cloth, the reverse with a hand impression, with original
‘Om, ah, hum’, framed and glazed. silk brocaded mount, framed and glazed.
63.5 x 43 cm (25 x 17 in); 64 x 44 cm (25 1/4 x 17 1/4 in);
With cloth mount: 128 x 72 cm (50 3/8 x 28 1/4 in). With silk mount: 116.5 x 70 cm (45 5/8 x 27 1/2 in)
西藏十九世紀 千手觀世音菩薩像 西藏十九世紀 綠度母像
Referenced 參考: Himalayan Art Resources item no.2194 Referenced 參考: Himalayan Art Resources item no.2221
Provenance 來源: The Jongen-Schleiper Collection of Fine Thangkas Provenance 來源: The Jongen-Schleiper Collection of Fine Thangkas
Published and Illustrated: A.Neven, Etudes D’Art Lamaique et de Green Tara sits on a multi-coloured lotus seat in the courtyard of a
L’Himalaya, Brussels, 1978, p.81, no.56 celestial palace in a sandalwood grove in the pure land of Potala on an
island in the South Indian sea. To her right is Marichi, yellow, holding a
出版及著錄： A.Neven著，《Etudes D’Art Lamaique et de branch of an ashoka tree. To her left is Ekajati, blue-black, with three
L’Himalaya》，布魯塞爾，1978年，頁81，編號56 eyes and a fierce expression, wearing a tiger-skin skirt. Behind them
stand two goddesses with parasols while musicians and dancing
The Bodhisattva with eleven faces standing with one thousand arms goddesses perform in the foreground.
holding various attributes and surrounded by a prabhamandala, and
Chinese-style peony blooms and ruyi-shaped clouds; flanking the Compare with a related thangka of green Tara in a sandalwood
deity are Manjushri and Vajrapani. forest, 19th century, in the Rubin Museum of Art, New York, acc.
no.P1996.8.1, illustrated on Himalayan Art Resources, item no.239.
Compare with a related thangka of Avalokiteshvara, 19th century,
which was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 1-2 June 2015, lot 618.
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