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Auction archive: Lot number 132

AN EXTREMELY FINE SET OF SEVEN SINO-TIBETAN THANGKA CELEBRATING THE RELIGIOUS ORIGIN OF THE SIXTH PANCHEN LAMA

Auction 07.11.2006
7 Nov 2006
Estimate
£70,000 - £90,000
ca. US$133,789 - US$172,014
Price realised:
£125,600
ca. US$240,056
Auction archive: Lot number 132

AN EXTREMELY FINE SET OF SEVEN SINO-TIBETAN THANGKA CELEBRATING THE RELIGIOUS ORIGIN OF THE SIXTH PANCHEN LAMA

Auction 07.11.2006
7 Nov 2006
Estimate
£70,000 - £90,000
ca. US$133,789 - US$172,014
Price realised:
£125,600
ca. US$240,056
Beschreibung:

AN EXTREMELY FINE SET OF SEVEN SINO-TIBETAN THANGKA CELEBRATING THE RELIGIOUS ORIGIN OF THE SIXTH PANCHEN LAMA JIAQING/DAOGUANG Each exquisitely painted in vivid colours with the main central figure in various highly detailed landscape settings, the central figure and surrounding atributes finely drawn in pencil outline, employing sapphire-blue, verdant-green, red and orange pigments with areas highlighted with gilding, each painting is enclosed within a double bordered Chinese brocade frame and mounted as a hanging scroll, the silver scroll ends chased with lotus scrolls THANGKA A Portrait of the Sixth Pancen Lama (1738-80) seated on an elaborate dragon throne below the Amitabha framed within a circular aureole and above the protector Tseumar who rides a war horse, Palden Lhamo and a Brahama Deity. The Tibetan inscription g'fsobo on the reverse may be translated as 'The Main One' to indicate its central position placed within a temple. This would have been the central portrait around which other portraits were arranged in their order of precedence. This tangka is consecrated on the reverse with an impression of a hand. THANGKA B Presenting one of the Indian incarnations of the lamas, that of the King of Shangri-la, this painting shows him depicted wearing an elaborate crown addressing the Kulikas and carrying out the command of the adamantine forces. The inscription on the reverse indicates this painting should be placed 'first from (or on) the left'. THANGKA C In a Tibetan incarnation as Gos Lotsawa, the famous 11th century Sanskrit translator who became the disciple of Atisha, seated above his scribes. The top right with Vajrahara. The reverse inscription may be translated as 'ninth from (or on) the right'. THANGKA D In a Tibetan incarnation as the lama Losang Choskyi Gyaltsan, seated below Dombipa who rides a tiger skin, and bottom right with Jambhala. The reverse with the inscription 'sixth from (or on) the right'. THANGKA E This is a painting of Sonam Choslang, seated above Palden Lhamo on bottom right. The inscription may be translated as 'eighth from (or on) the right'. THANGKA F Painting of Kedrup Jey (1385-1438), the pupil of Tsong Khapa offering a stupa, seated above a six-armed Mahakala on the bottom left; Yamantaka on the top right and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva riding upon an elephant on the top left. The reverse inscription may be translated as 'seventh from (or on) left'. THANGKA G This is a painting of Subhuti, the disciple of Sakyamuni, holding a staff and seated beside a sea above the Four Guardian Kings. The reverse inscription may be translated as 'first from (or on) the right'. 25 x 14 in. (63.5 x 35.5 cm.) each painting approx. (7)

Auction archive: Lot number 132
Auction:
Datum:
7 Nov 2006
Auction house:
Christie's
7 November 2006, London, King Street
Beschreibung:

AN EXTREMELY FINE SET OF SEVEN SINO-TIBETAN THANGKA CELEBRATING THE RELIGIOUS ORIGIN OF THE SIXTH PANCHEN LAMA JIAQING/DAOGUANG Each exquisitely painted in vivid colours with the main central figure in various highly detailed landscape settings, the central figure and surrounding atributes finely drawn in pencil outline, employing sapphire-blue, verdant-green, red and orange pigments with areas highlighted with gilding, each painting is enclosed within a double bordered Chinese brocade frame and mounted as a hanging scroll, the silver scroll ends chased with lotus scrolls THANGKA A Portrait of the Sixth Pancen Lama (1738-80) seated on an elaborate dragon throne below the Amitabha framed within a circular aureole and above the protector Tseumar who rides a war horse, Palden Lhamo and a Brahama Deity. The Tibetan inscription g'fsobo on the reverse may be translated as 'The Main One' to indicate its central position placed within a temple. This would have been the central portrait around which other portraits were arranged in their order of precedence. This tangka is consecrated on the reverse with an impression of a hand. THANGKA B Presenting one of the Indian incarnations of the lamas, that of the King of Shangri-la, this painting shows him depicted wearing an elaborate crown addressing the Kulikas and carrying out the command of the adamantine forces. The inscription on the reverse indicates this painting should be placed 'first from (or on) the left'. THANGKA C In a Tibetan incarnation as Gos Lotsawa, the famous 11th century Sanskrit translator who became the disciple of Atisha, seated above his scribes. The top right with Vajrahara. The reverse inscription may be translated as 'ninth from (or on) the right'. THANGKA D In a Tibetan incarnation as the lama Losang Choskyi Gyaltsan, seated below Dombipa who rides a tiger skin, and bottom right with Jambhala. The reverse with the inscription 'sixth from (or on) the right'. THANGKA E This is a painting of Sonam Choslang, seated above Palden Lhamo on bottom right. The inscription may be translated as 'eighth from (or on) the right'. THANGKA F Painting of Kedrup Jey (1385-1438), the pupil of Tsong Khapa offering a stupa, seated above a six-armed Mahakala on the bottom left; Yamantaka on the top right and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva riding upon an elephant on the top left. The reverse inscription may be translated as 'seventh from (or on) left'. THANGKA G This is a painting of Subhuti, the disciple of Sakyamuni, holding a staff and seated beside a sea above the Four Guardian Kings. The reverse inscription may be translated as 'first from (or on) the right'. 25 x 14 in. (63.5 x 35.5 cm.) each painting approx. (7)

Auction archive: Lot number 132
Auction:
Datum:
7 Nov 2006
Auction house:
Christie's
7 November 2006, London, King Street
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