TWO THANGKAS OF SITATAPATRA AND MAHAKALA Tibet, 19th century (2)
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TWO THANGKAS OF SITATAPATRA AND MAHAKALA
Tibet, 19th century
Both distemper on cloth, both framed and glazed, the thangka of Mahakala clad in a black robe, with one face, three round bulbous eyes, adorned with a crown of five dry white skulls, surrounded by various deities, all in a mountainous landscape, the painting 45cm (17 3/4in) wide x 60cm (23 1/2in) high; the thangka of Sitatapatra holding a parasol, with three eyes, the reverse with Tibetan inscriptions, the painting 40.5cm (16in) wide x 58cm (23in) high. (2).
Footnotes:
十九世紀 大黑天唐卡 及大白傘蓋佛母唐卡 一組兩件
Provenance: a European private collection
來源:歐洲私人收藏
Sitatapatra with one face and two hands is the simplest form of the female deity. Her special features are a third eye on the forehead, the right hand in a gesture of protection, and the left holding a white parasol. See a related thangka of Sitatapatra, Himalayan Art Resources no.16419.
The second thangka shows Mahakala in a black cloak. Bernagchen, Vajra Mahakala (English: the Great Black-Cloak Vajra Mahakala), is the personal protector of the Karmapas and the special protector of the Karma Kagyu (Kamtsang) School of Tibetan Buddhism. The Karmapas are a line of successive teachers acknowledged as the first lineage of reincarnating lamas in Tibetan Buddhism. See for example, a related thangka of the black-cloaked Mahakala, Tibet, 19th century, in the Rubin Museum of Art, Himalayan Art Resources no.942.
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Tibet, 19th century
Both distemper on cloth, both framed and glazed, the thangka of Mahakala clad in a black robe, with one face, three round bulbous eyes, adorned with a crown of five dry white skulls, surrounded by various deities, all in a mountainous landscape, the painting 45cm (17 3/4in) wide x 60cm (23 1/2in) high; the thangka of Sitatapatra holding a parasol, with three eyes, the reverse with Tibetan inscriptions, the painting 40.5cm (16in) wide x 58cm (23in) high. (2).
Footnotes:
十九世紀 大黑天唐卡 及大白傘蓋佛母唐卡 一組兩件
Provenance: a European private collection
來源:歐洲私人收藏
Sitatapatra with one face and two hands is the simplest form of the female deity. Her special features are a third eye on the forehead, the right hand in a gesture of protection, and the left holding a white parasol. See a related thangka of Sitatapatra, Himalayan Art Resources no.16419.
The second thangka shows Mahakala in a black cloak. Bernagchen, Vajra Mahakala (English: the Great Black-Cloak Vajra Mahakala), is the personal protector of the Karmapas and the special protector of the Karma Kagyu (Kamtsang) School of Tibetan Buddhism. The Karmapas are a line of successive teachers acknowledged as the first lineage of reincarnating lamas in Tibetan Buddhism. See for example, a related thangka of the black-cloaked Mahakala, Tibet, 19th century, in the Rubin Museum of Art, Himalayan Art Resources no.942.
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Examined within the frame and glass. Both with some fading and creasing. The thangka of Sitatapatra with more extensive creasing and fading.
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TWO THANGKAS OF SITATAPATRA AND MAHAKALA Tibet, 19th century (2)
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