ID 791909
Lot 214 | RARE ET IMPORTANT THANGKA REPRÉSENTANT MAHAKALA
Estimate value
€ 400 000 – 600 000
TIBET, FIN DU XVIIÈME SIÈCLE
Gouache sur toile.
Il est représenté debout en pratyalidhasana sur sa jambe gauche tendue et sa jambe droite fléchie, écrasant deux corps humains nus couchés. Ses mains principales tiennent le kartrika et la coupe crânienne, et ses deux autres bras levés brandissent le glaive et le trident. Son corps est très richement paré de bijoux. Ses quatre têtes ont une expression féroce avec leurs trois yeux exhorbités sous des sourcils froncés flammés et leur bouche ouverte aux dents acérées. Les fronts sont ceints d'une tiare formée de crânes humains. La divinité est vêtue d'un court tissu maintenu à la taille par une ceinture constituée de têtes humaines. Elle est entourée de quatre démones nues dansantes brandissant une coupe crânienne et une kartika. Un cavalier habite la partie inférieure gauche du thangka. Les bords du thangka sont couverts d'une tente abritant des offrandes à la divinité, d'animaux noirs ainsi que de corps humains ouverts dont les organes sont apparents. La toile porte une inscription au revers.
Dimensions : 65 x 54 cm. (25 5⁄8 x 21 1⁄4 in.)
Literature
Béguin, Gilles, Dieux et démons de l'Himâlaya, Réunion des musées nationaux, Paris, 1977, p. 174, 180, n° 195.
Béguin, Gilles, Art ésotérique de Himâlaya. Paris : Réunion des musées nationaux, 1990, Annexe : Loaned objects, p. 180, n° I.
Béguin, Gilles, Le Tibet de Jean Mansion. Paris : Edition Findakly, 1994, cat. 18, pl. VII.
Lauf, Detlef Ingo, Das Bilt als Symbol im Trantismus, Moos Verlag, Munchen, 1973, p. 61, ill. 64.
Martin du Gard, Irène, « Une peinture d’offrande à dPal-ldan dmag-zor rgual-ma », Arts Asiatiques, t. XI, 1985, p. 68-82.
Pal, Pratapaditya, Tibetan Paintings, Ravi Kumar Basilius Presse, Basel, Sotheby's Publications, London, 1984, pl. LXXIX.
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A RARE AND IMPORTANT GOUACHE ON CANVAS THANGKA OF MAHAKALA
TIBET, LATE 17TH CENTURY
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