Description
A THANGKA OF FOUR BUDDHIST ELDERS, TIBETAN-CHINESE, 18TH – 19TH CENTURY
Fine and colorful painting in distemper and gold on linen. In an idealized landscape and surrounded by young disciples we find the portrayals of four important arhats, such as Rahula, Chudapanthaka, or Pindola Bharadvaja. Note the superbly detailed work to their faces!
Provenance: Hungarian private collection. Two old collector labels, mostly illegible, a collector number and the inscription “Stuttgart” to backside.
Condition: Some creases and small losses, old stains and touchups.
Dimensions: 66 x 45 cm
Auction result comparison: Compare with a related Thangka depicting the arhats Chudapanthaka and Pindola Bharadvaja at Sotheby’s New York in Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Works of Art, 22 March 2018, lot 1063, sold for USD $10,625.
四羅漢唐卡,漢藏,十八至十九世紀
色彩鮮艷的精美繪畫,亞麻布面金色彩繪。在理想化的山水景觀中,四周圍繞門徒,我們可以看到四個重要羅漢的寫照比如囉怙羅尊者,注荼半吒迦迦或賓度羅跋囉惰惰闍。請注意他們面部的細節描寫。
來源:匈牙利私人收藏。兩個老收藏家標籤(大多難以辨認),唐卡背面有收藏家編號和“斯圖加特”字樣。
品相:一些摺痕和小損失,舊污漬和修飾。
尺寸:66 x 45 厘米