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AN UNUSUAL THANGKA OF JAMBHALA
18th/19th century
Depicting the main wrathful deity with three
faces and six hands, the main holding a
precious gem and a jewelled filled skull cup,
the middle ones each with a mongoose
spewing jewels and the two further ones
with a lasso and a sceptre, adorned with
various jewels and and a garland of flowers
and holding his consort in blissful union,
all surrounded by Vajradhara at the top
and further manifestations of Jambhala
and various Dakinis, the lower left with a
figure of an aged donor, all within an idyllic
mountainous landscape, with silk mount.
42cm x 71cm (16 1/2in x 28in); with silk
mount: 71.5cm x 122cm
(28 1/8in x 48in).
£3,000 - 5,000
CNY27,000 - 45,000
十八/十九世紀 彩繪馬頭明王唐卡
Provenance: Navin Kumar, Paris
Fournier Collection, Paris
A European private collection, acquired from
the above in the 1980’s

來源：
巴黎古董商Navin Kumar
巴黎Fournier收藏
歐洲私人收藏，於1980年代購自上者

Red Jambhala is a wealth deity associated
with the ‘Treasure Teachings’ of Traba
Ngonshe, although the present appearance
appears to derive from the Red Jambhala
tradition of Gayadhara.

Compare the iconography of the central deity
with a thangka of Jambhala, 19th century,
from the Hahn Cultural Foundation, illustrated
in Himalayan Art Resources, no.98983.

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A PAIR OF GILT-BRONZE FIGURES OF Provenance: the Kemper Collection of Compare with a standing gilt-bronze statue
BUDDHIST DISCIPLES Himalayan Art of Kasyapa, 18th century, from the Qing
19th century Christie’s Amsterdam, 11 October 1994, Court Collection, illustrated in The Complete
Both disciples portrayed as monks with lot 195 Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum:
shaved heads highlighted in blue and slightly Buddhist Statues of Tibet, Hong Kong, 2003,
inclined with pensive and contemplative 來源： p.214, no.204.
expressions, standing barefoot on lotus Kemper喜馬拉雅藝術收藏
pedestals, the hands held in auspicious 1994年10月11日於阿姆斯特丹佳士得拍賣， See also a related gilt-bronze standing figure
mudras and dressed in long robes cast with 拍品195號 of Shariputra, 18th century, which was sold
sharply defined folds, the hems incised with at Bonhams New York, 14 September 2015,
foliate scrolls, fitted box. Shakyamuni Buddha had ten major disciples lot 50.
The tallest 34cm (13 3/8in) high (3). but is usually depicted in Buddhist art and
sculpture with just Ananda and Kasyapa beside
£40,000 - 60,000 him. Kasyapa is perhaps the most famous of
CNY360,000 - 540,000 Shakyamuni’s disciples and he accepted his
master’s clothes after his death. While Ananda
十九世紀 銅鎏金羅漢立像 一對 was known and praised by the Buddha for his
memory, erudition and compassion.

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