A THANGKA DEPICTING VAJRAPANI AND CONSORT, 17TH-18TH CENTURY OR EARLIER
Tibetan-Chinese. Distemper and gold on cloth. Finely painted as a blue-skinned Vajrapani trampling on two figures over a lotus base, wielding a vajra in his raised right hand and a ghanta in his lowered left, wearing a tiger-skin belt, a serpent garland of severed heads, and billowing scarves. His body adorned with gold and snake jewelry, his consort wielding a skull cup, similarly adorned and wearing a beaded apron, all backed by a colorful mandorla below the dark-blue foliate background.


Provenance:
From a French private collection.

Condition:
Minor tears to edges, otherwise in good condition commensurate with age. Some old wear, a few small losses, minor creasing, rubbing, stains and soiling. Some chips and stains to the frame. Four small tape patches to edges on the back.

Dimensions: Image size 46 x 41 cm, Size incl. frame 86 x 64 cm

Matted and framed behind glass.


Literature comparison:

Compare a related Tibetan thangka depicting Vajrapani with consort, dated to the 15th century, in the Rubin Museum of Art, accession number P.1994.7.1, illustrated on Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 11.


Auction result comparison:

Type: Related
Auction: Galerie Zacke, Vienna, 25 April 2020, lot 384
Price: EUR 37,920 or approx.
EUR 44,000
adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A thangka of Chaturmukha Mahakala, Tibetan-Chinese, 17th-18th century or earlier
Expert remark: Compare the related manner of painting. Note that this lot comes from the same collection as the present lot. Also note the size (72 x 62 cm).




十七至十八世紀或更早唐卡金剛手菩薩及明妃

漢藏，布面膠彩描金。金剛手菩薩通體青黑，一面雙臂，右手持金剛杵高舉，左手于胸前結怒斥印，擁抱明妃。赤發上冲，身披藍綾，下穿虎皮裙，三目圓睜，身如烈火。金剛手雙腿以右蜷左展之勢，站立于蓮花日輪之上。


來源：
法國私人收藏。

品相：
邊緣有小撕裂，狀況良好與年代相符。一些磨損、一些小缺損、輕微摺痕、摩擦、污漬。框架上有一些磕損和污漬。背面邊緣有四個小膠帶補丁。

尺寸：畫面46 x 41 厘米, 含框86 x 64 厘米

玻璃裝框。


文獻比較：


比較一件相近的十五世紀西藏金剛手菩薩與明妃唐卡，收藏於Rubin藝術博物館，館藏編號P.1994.7.1，見Himalayan Art Resources，編號11。


拍賣結果比較：

形制：相近
拍賣：Galerie Zacke，維也納，2020年4月25日，lot 384
價格：EUR 37,920（相當於今日
EUR 44,000
）
描述：四首大黑天唐卡，漢藏，十七至十八世紀或更早
專家評論：比較相近的繪畫風格。請注意此唐卡和本拍品出處相同。請注意尺寸 (72 x 62 釐米)。