A THANGKA OF RA LOTSAWA DORJE DRAG, MONGOLIA, 19TH TO EARLY 20TH CENTURYDistemper and gilt on cloth. Depicting Ra Lotsawa seated on a tiger skin, dressed in a red and blue robe decorated with a gilt floral design, his hands held in dharmachakra mudra, a severed head with a skull crown and flaming hair in his lap, his face with a wrathful expression, open mouth bearing sharp fangs, and bulging eyes, surmounted by a shanak with flaming peaks centered by a skull, a skull bowl and dagger before him on the altar table. The background with a mountainous landscape, fruiting branches, scrolling clouds, and with the sun and moon to the upper corners.Inscriptions: To Ra Lotsawa’s chest, ‘Hum’. The altar table inscribed ‘Drapchen Sarpa Ralo Banza Pha Namo’. To the reverse, 'Om Ah Hum Sawa Ha'.Provenance: The Triay Collection of Himalayan Art. Ian Triay is a Spanish banking executive and the Honorary Consul in Spain for the Kingdom of Bhutan. He actively participated in the establishment of diplomatic relations between Spain and Bhutan and in projects of mutual interest to both countries. Assembled over a period of 40 years with an eye for the unusual and esoteric, the Triay Collection was a unique assemblage of Himalayan art. With many works featured in the landmark exhibitions in the Fundación “La Caixa”, Madrid in 2000, Musée Guimet, Paris in 2002, Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2003, and the Rubin Museum of Art in New York in 2010, this collection shines a fascinating light on Buddhist ritual art.Condition: Very good condition with some old wear, little creasing, few minuscule touch, soiling. The frame with few scratches and nicks.Dimensions: Image size 30.8 x 24.2 cm, Size incl. frame 43.3 x 36.2 cmFramed behind glass. (2)Ra Lotsawa Dorje Drag(1016-1198), born in Nyenam, is one of the most controversial Buddhist teachers in Tibetan history. While today he is universally celebrated for being the great translator who brought the Yamantaka tantras to Tibet, he was thought of as a murderer and a proliferator of the dark arts during his lifetime. He allegedly murdered thirteen Lamas, among them the famous translators Gyu Monlam Dragpa and Go Lotsawa Kugpa Lhatse.Literatureparison:Compare a closely related thangka of Ra Lotsawa Dorje Drag from a private collection, illustrated on Himalayan Art Resources, item number 60628, and on the cover of Ra Yeshe Senge, The All-prevailing Melodious Drumbeat. The Life of Ra Lotsawa, Penguin Classics, 2015.十九至二十世紀初蒙古熱譯師多吉紮唐卡布面膠彩描金。熱譯師 - 多吉紮呈寂忿相，頭飾戴骷髏冠和氈帽，手施轉法輪印，成遊戲坐坐在虎皮上，身著紅藍相間的金色花卉紋長袍，膝蓋上有一個頭髮飛揚的頭顱；熱譯師張尖咧嘴，大眼圓睜；面前的祭桌上有一個一個頭骨碗和匕首。身後山地景觀、果樹、祥雲以及太陽和月亮。款識：熱譯師胸前有 ‘Hum’字樣，祭桌上‘Drapchen Sarpa Ralo Banza Pha Namo’。唐卡背面'Om Ah Hum Sawa Ha'。