SIX ILLUSTRATED FOLIOS FROM A KANGYUR


QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURYSix folios set within silk and wood borders and with three silk coverlets each. Each illustrated subject is identified by flanking yellow cartouches in Manchu and Mongolian.Himalayan Art Resources item no.61765 Folios: 16.5 x 58.4 cm (6 1/2 x 23 in.) each; With borders: 23.2 x 72.4 cm (9 1/8 x 28 1/2 in.) each
|From an illustrated canon of Buddhist scripture (kangyur), these six folios each depict a row of five deities identified by cartouches in Manchu and Mongolian. They show a fantastic array of peaceful and wrathful protectors, yidam, and wealth deities. The different colored flames behind each wrathful figure are particularly inspired. Provenance The Estate of Theos Bernard (1908-1947), New York Sotheby's, New York, 28 March 1996, lot 23 (part)Private New York Collection 彩繪《甘珠爾》六頁 清朝，十八世紀 喜馬拉雅藝術資源網61765號 紙本設色；每頁以原裝木框及錦緞裝裱，並以三幅絲織經簾覆蓋。經頁：16.5×58.4釐米（6 1/2 x 23英吋）每張；裝裱：23.2 x 72.4釐米（9 1/8 x 28 1/2英吋）每張 80,000-120,000 港元 此六張經頁出自一部《甘珠爾》，每頁描畫了一排五位神祇，每位均伴以滿文與蒙文題記。所繪神祇既有寂靜相亦有憤怒相，既有護法、本尊、又有財神。憤怒尊身後的火焰狀背光顏色各異，別有新意。 來源 Theos Bernard（1908-1947）家族收藏，紐約 蘇富比，紐約，1996年3月28日，拍品23號(部分)紐約私人收藏