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A THANGKA DEPICTING VAJRABHAIRAVA AND VAJRAVETALI, TIBET, 18TH CENTURY
奥地利
2025年10月16日 开拍
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Distemper and gold on cloth. Exquisitely painted to depict Vajrabhairava, the furious emanation of Manjushri, holding his blue-bodied consort Vajravetali at the center. His thirty-six arms are radiating around his body, his principal hands embracing his consort and holding kartika and kapala, his nine predominantly fierce heads include the bull head and the head of Manjushri, each crowned with a skull-tiara.All below a sun disc and multicolored lotus, enveloped by the orange and red flames of pristine awareness. In front of the lotus seat is a skull cup filled with various offerings. The retinue comprises, clockwise from top left, Nilamahakala, Tsongkhapa, Shadbhuja Mahakala, Palden Lhamo, and Bahyasadhana Dharmaraja.Provenance: From the Estate of Edith and Joel Frankel, New York, United States. E & J Frankel was a major New York gallery specializing in Asian Art since 1967. Run by Edith (1939-2012) and Joel Frankel (1937-2018), it was one of the oldest galleries in the United States focusing exclusively on Asian art. Leaders in their field, the Frankels traveled the world in search of Asian art treasures and educated the general public about their shared passion. Their gallery on Madison Avenue in New York City became a local institution, best known for its regular schedule of innovative thematic exhibitions, and frequently visited by the biggest names in the field, such as Eskenazi, Ellsworth, Junkunc, and the Alsdorfs.Condition: Very good condition with expected old wear, soiling, minor creasing, and little flaking to pigments. Possibly minute touchups.Dimensions: Image size 35 x 26 cm, Size incl. frame 77.5 x 61 cmFramed behind glass.The Vajrabhairava form of Yamanataka, the Conqueror of Yama, the God of Death, embraces his consort, surrounded by a halo of flames. Vajrabhairava is a yidam, a deity that presides over the great tantras of the highest yoga in Tibetan Buddhism. A guardian and destroyer of death, he is represented here with thirty-four arms brandishing an array of weapons, while his sixteen legs trample birds, dogs, and Hindu gods including the elephant-headed Ganesha. He embraces his consort Vajravetali, an animated corpse, in a yab-yum sexual embrace that alludes to a dualistic totality encompassing compassion and wisdom.Vajrabhairava is the wrathful form of Manjushri and a revered meditational deity in the Gelugpa sect of Tibetan Buddhism, the dominant religious power in Tibet in the seventeenth century. Vajrabhairava also became a prominent Buddhist icon in China under the Qing emperors, who maintained direct links with the dignitaries of the Gelugpa sect, including the Dalai and Panchen Lamas. He is worshiped for frightening away egotism and selfishness—the root of suffering—and in this true form reveals the awesome and terrifying nature of enlightenment.Literature comparison:Compare a closely related thangka depicting the same subject, dated c. 1750-1800, 38.5 x 15.2 cm, in the Victoria & Albert Museum, accession number IS.13-1969. Compare a closely related thangka depicting the same subject, dated to the 19th century, 61 x 40.6 cm, in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, object number B72D58.Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Bonhams New York, 17 September 2014, lot 34 Estimate: USD 15,000 or approx. EUR 17,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing : A thangka of Vajrabhairava, Tibet, 18th century Expert remark: Compare the closely related subject and manner of painting. Note the different size (66 x 47 cm).

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