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TWO PAINTED THANGKA OF BUDDHA

TIBET, 18TH CENTURY
Each painting depicts the Buddha seated in dhyanasana on a foliate base
over a lion throne, with the proper left hand holding a bowl and the right
outstretched with an open palm in varadamudra. The face is held in a serene
expression and backed by a nimbus and aureole. The figure is flanked by
a bodhisattva on each side, with a table supporting auspicious offerings at
front, and with rows of diminutive seated Buddhas above and below. The
first portrays the seated Buddha with red skin, and the second with white.

The larger 46¿ x 30º in. (117.1 x 78.1 cm.)

PROVENANCE
The property of a Private European Collector
The similarities between the Buddhist paintings of Tibet and China
become particularly close in the 18th century, under the auspices of the
Qianlong Emperor. Compare the present painting with a thangka of
Buddha Shakyamuni in the collection of the Qing Court (fig. 1). See
also a painted thangka of Buddha Shakyamuni, sold at Christie’s Paris,
11 December 2013, lot 95 (fig. 2). Finally, compare with a rare Imperial
thangka of Ekadashamukha Avalokiteshvara, sold at Sotheby’s Paris,
18 December 2012, lot 29.

西藏 十八世紀 紙本彩繪唐卡兩幅

佛全跏趺坐於蓮花雙獅須彌座上，左手持缽，右手施與願印，神情莊嚴，
後有背光。兩旁有菩薩隨侍，前方供桌上置滿花果供品，上有眾佛排列。
來源
歐洲私人珍藏

136 Masterpieces of Buddhist Art 大俱足 — 經典亞洲佛教藝術