A TIBETAN THANGKA PAINTED ON SILK

A TIBETAN THANGKA PAINTED ON SILK
17TH/18TH CENTURY

The centre depicts the mandala, a geometric composition formed of circles inscribed within squares, all within four monumental gates guarded by the Four Kings. Within the concentric circles are represented twenty-four dharmapala, (Defenders of the Religion), sixteen bodhisattva (future Buddhas) and eighteen human Buddhas, in the centre is the Book of the Law. The upper section has five further figures of Buddha, below are the Blue Mahakala, Kubera and Tara, framed and glazed, 87cm high, 58.5cm wide.

Provenance: from the collection of Adolphe Stoclet, 1871-1949.

Exhibited: Art bouddhique, Paris, Musée Cernuschi, 1913, no.303.

Published: J P Van Goidsenhoven, Iconographie lamaïque d’après une bannière tibétaine, Brussels, 1955. & Georges A Salles and Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Adolphe Stoclet Collection (part I), Brussels, 1956, pp.466-467.

十七/十八世紀 西藏曼荼羅唐卡

來源：Adolphe Stoclet (斯托克萊1871-1949）收藏。

展覽：Art bouddhique, Paris, 法國巴黎賽努奇博物館, 1913年, 編號303。

出版：J P Van Goidsenhoven, Iconographie lamaïque d’après une bannière tibétaine, Brussels, 1955年 及Georges A Salles and Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Adolphe Stoclet Collection (part I), Brussels, 1956年, 頁466-467。