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A RARE PAINTING OF NANAM YESHE DE, ONE OF THE TWENTY-FIVE DISCIPLES OF PADMASAMBHAVA CENTRAL OR EASTERN TIBET, 18TH CENTURY
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2021年09月22日 开拍 / 2021年09月20日 截止委托
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A RARE PAINTING OF NANAM YESHE DE, ONE OF THE TWENTY-FIVE DISCIPLES OF PADMASAMBHAVA
CENTRAL OR EASTERN TIBET, 18TH CENTURY
34 x 24 in. (87.6 x 62.2 cm.)
This rare painting depicts Nanam Yeshe De, one of the twenty-five disciples of Padmasambhava, according to the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Nanam Yeshe De is typically found as a secondary figure in single or multi-painting compositions of Padmasambhava’s disciples, and it is rare to see him depicted as the primary figure, as he is in the present work. It is likely, therefore, that the current painting was originally part of a set of twenty-five or more paintings depicting the disciples of Padmasambhava. Nanam Yeshe De (mid eighth-early ninth century) is identified based on a small inscription below the central figure; he is depicted in Nyingma paintings in a few different appearances, but is typically shown flying, as he is in the present work; here, he wears a red pandita hat and holds a vajra and a ghanta. Yeshe De of the Nanam clan was contemporaneous to the three most important figures in Tibet's earliest Buddhist history: king Trisong Detsen, an early royal patron of Buddhism; Santaraksita, the founder of Tibet’s first Buddhist monastery; and of course, Padmasambhava. He was an important translator in the period when Buddhism was first transmitted to Tibet, translating as many as three hundred Indian texts into Tibetan. Although much of his biographical information is now forgotten, his incorporation into the group of Padmasambhava’s disciples meant that he became an important figure in the Nyingma sect. His ability to fly was said to have stemmed from his ability to visualize the deities of the Eight Pronouncements, and through his realization of the illusory nature of reality. Surrounding the central figure of Nanam Yeshe De are several scenes from the mythologized life of Padmasambhava, according to the compiled traditions of the Nyingma sect. His experiences in the land of Zahor, for instance, or his meditation in the Maratika Cave with Princess Mandarava, are illustrated through small, inscribed vignettes. Similarly, the Nyingma tradition incorporated Indian mahasiddhas into its practice, making them emanations or reincarnations of Padmasambhava; the present work, therefore, depicts the mahasiddhas Dombi Heruka and Binasa. Presumably, the larger set of twenty-five paintings to which this work belongs would have included hundreds of such scenes. The inscriptions on the painting can be translated as (numbered according to diagram): 1. “Dharma Sky-Soarer Nanam Yeshe” 2. “Binasa consuming beer from the tavern” 3. “Releasing the sun, because [he received] free beer” 4. “Dombi Heruka” 5. “Asking the seven-time-born Brahmin with conch earrings in person” 6. “Indrabhuti; Divine emanation Binasa; Binasa" 7. "Deterring the army at the border of Zahor” 8. “Vision of the assembly of deities in the Maratika Cave” 9. [illegible] 10. “Meeting together”

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