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A RARE THANGKA DEPICTING THE MAHASIDDHAS KANHA AND DAMARUPA, TIBET, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
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06月27日 下午5点 开拍
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A RARE THANGKA DEPICTING THE MAHASIDDHAS KANHA AND DAMARUPA, TIBET, 16TH-17TH CENTURY

Distemper and gold on cloth. Finely painted with Kanha seated in dhyanasana on a tiger skin draped over a lotus throne, his right hand raised in abhaya mudra and his left holding a skullcup, while Damarupa sits to his left in a relaxed pose atop a lotus cushion, grasping a damaru in his raised left hand, both siddhas dressed in short dhotis and billowing scarves, centered by a small image of Vajradhara in union with his consort, all within a verdant landscape with thick clouds, the upper register with five further adepts portrayed in different dynamic poses, and the lower with three bodhisattvas and a fourth figure which likely represents the patron. The back with four lines of Tibetan inscription.

Provenance: Swiss private collection. A private collection in Vienna, Austria, acquired from the above.
Condition: Fine and original condition with some old wear, creasing, abrasions, minuscule losses, light fading to colors, minor soiling, minute touchups.

Dimensions: Image size 50 x 34.5 cm, Size incl. frame 88 x 67.8 cm

This thangka depicts the portraiture of two Mahasiddhas, or Indian adepts, within the Sakya Lamdre lineage. Originally a Hindu yogin, Kanha (depicted on the left) eventually played an important role in the transmission of the Lamdre teachings as its first pupil. After Virupa left Nalanda and lived as a wandering tantric yogin, Kanha encountered the master and became his disciple. Having received from Virupa the entire transmission of the ‘Path with the Result’, Kanha in turn taught it to his student Damarupa (portrayed on the right), who had the purported capacity to appear in the twenty-four pithas (spiritual power places) and thirty-two sacred places simultaneously. This he did while playing a two-sided drum made from skull tops (damaru), and from which is derived the name Damarupa.

Literature comparison:
Compare a related thangka depicting the same subject, dated to the 16th century, in a private collection, illustrated by Jeff Watt on Himalayan Art Resources, item number 61228. Compare a related thangka depicting Virupa and another mahasiddha, dated to the 16th century, by Prataditya Pal, Art of the Himalayas: Treasures from Nepal and Tibet, 1991, and illustrated on Himalayan Art Resources, item number 85095. Compare a related thangka of Nairatmya and Virupa, dated to the 16th century, in the Rubin Museum of Art, accession number P1994.1.1, and illustrated on Himalayan Art Resources, item number 1.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby’s New York, 19 March 2014, lot 108
Price: USD 56,250 or approx. EUR 67,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A thangka depicting Kanha and Damarupa
Expert remark: Compare the closely related subject and composition, and related manner of painting. Note this thangka is also published on Himalayan Art Resources, item number 31223, where it is dated to the 16th century.

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