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AN IMPRESSIVE THANGKA OF BEGTSE CHEN, TIBET, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
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2025年10月16日 开拍
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Distemper and gold paint on cloth, mounted on silk brocade. The protector, in his red form of Mahakala, looking ferocious, wearing elaborate armor, various adornments, and thick boots, a garland of severed heads and a skull crown before flaming hair, brandishing a sword in his right hand and the heart of an enemy in his left, while cradling a spear with a pendant, bow and arrows in the bend of the elbow, treading on a horse and a human corpse.To the bottom register, on the left of the composition, his son, the Lord of Life, holds a lasso and a spear atop a wolf, to the right, his red-faced and blue-bodied consort, the Goddess of Life, holds a sword in her right hand and a purbha in her left, while riding a bear with a miniature corpse clutched between its teeth.Provenance: Property from a Belgian private collection.Condition: Fine condition with expected wear, minor soiling, creasing, and flaking with associated small losses, recently and sensitively retouched. These restorations barely affect the main figure. For a photograph of the present lot prior to this professional restoration, please contact our customer service department.Dimensions: Image size 43 x 29 cm, Size incl. frame 83 x 50 cmBegtse Chen is one of the main protectors of the Gelug School of Tibetan Buddhism. He is highly revered in Mongolia and is the main protective deity associated with the Hayagriva cycle of Tantric meditation practices. Popularized by Marpa Lotsawa (1012-1096) and Sachen Kunga Nyingpo (1092-1158) respectively, the founders of the Kagyu and Sakya traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. He is also known as the Red Mahakala and highly revered within the Sakya pantheon of protective deities, and later incorporated in the Gelug School of Tsongkhapa.Literature comparison:Compare a closely related thangka of Begtse Chen dated to the 18th century, from a private collection and illustrated by Jeff Watt on Himalayan Art Resources, item number 7642.Auction result comparison: Type: RelatedAuction: Bonhams London, 11 May 2017, lot 47Price: GBP 18,750 or approx. EUR 32,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing: A thangka of Begste [sic!] Chen, Tibet, 19th centuryExpert remark: Compare the closely related subject, manner of painting, and composition. Note the size (53.5 x 37.5 cm).

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