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† A LARGE THANGKA OF AVALOKITESHVARA SAHASRABHUJA, TIBET, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
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2023年12月13日 开拍
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? A LARGE THANGKA OF AVALOKITESHVARA SAHASRABHUJA, TIBET, 18TH-19TH CENTURY

Distemper and gold on cloth. Finely painted with eleven faces and a thousand arms, the main hands raised at the chest and holding a conch, the secondary hands holding a rosary, a scepter with the dharma wheel, a lotus, a bow and arrow, and kundika, the other 992 hands radiating around him. He is robed in a deerskin and the lower part of his body is covered with fine silks. The central figure is surrounded by Lamas, bodhisattvas, and wrathful deities in a verdant mountainous landscape with swirling clouds.

Inscriptions: To the back, ‘Om Ah Hum’.

Provenance: Acquired by the father of the present owner in Tibet around 1970 and thence by descent. Dr. David Templeman, a scholar of Tibetan Buddhism and Adjunct Research Fellow at Monash Asia Institute, Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, has previously appraised the present lot.
Condition: Wear, light fading, creases, folds, fraying to edges, minor losses to pigments, soiling, and stains, overall presenting well.

Dimensions: Size 154 x 125.5 cm

One prominent Buddhist story tells of Avalokiteshvara vowing never to rest until he had freed all sentient beings from samsara. Despite strenuous effort, he realizes that many unhappy beings were yet to be saved. After struggling to comprehend the needs of so many, his head splits into eleven pieces. Amitabha, seeing his plight, gives him eleven heads with which to hear the cries of the suffering. Upon hearing these cries and comprehending them, Avalokiteshvara tries to reach out to all those who needed aid but found that his two arms shattered into pieces. Once more, Amitabha comes to his aid and invests him with a thousand arms with which to aid the suffering multitudes.

Literature comparison:
Compare a related thangka of Avalokiteshvara Sahasrabhuja, 83.8 x 113 cm, dated to the 19th century, in the Rubin Museum of Art, accession number F1997.17.8.



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