Himalayas: The Richard R. & Magdalena Ernst Collection of Important Tibetan Paintings and other Himalayan Works of Art
Himalayas: The Richard R. & Magdalena Ernst Collection of Important Tibetan Paintings and other Himalayan Works of Art
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A rare thangka depicting Buddha Shakyamuni with arhats, Tibet, 16th century | 西藏 十六世紀 釋迦牟尼佛及羅漢唐卡 設色布本
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Property from the collection of Richard R. and Magdalena Ernst
A rare thangka depicting Buddha Shakyamuni with arhats
Tibet, 16th century
distemper on cloth, in four rectangular sections with a golden Buddha in the upper left panel, his hands in dharmachakramudra, and wearing a floral patterned red patchwork robe, seated in vajraparyankasana on a lotus flower emerging from the churning ocean filled with naga, makara and mythological sea creatures, with adepts, deities and auspicious emblems surrounding the ocean, monks in the clouds to the left and the Tushita heaven in clouds to the right, chatra above flanked by apsaras and adorants; an adjacent panel to the right with an arhat, possibly Ajita with head covered with cloth from his voluminous patchwork robe, seated in meditation on a throne set in mountainous landscape and flanked by attendant monks, another arhat below, possibly Kalika seated on cushions with a red and blue pitaka basket to his left and surrounded by a Lokapala, attendants and mythical animals; a further panel below right with an arhat, possibly Cudapapanthaka, offering a cloth to the Buddha seated on a peacock feather cushion, his sandals on a rocky outcrop before him, with an arhat seated on a throne below, possibly Nagasena holding a jewelled staff; and a further panel to the left with an arhat seated on a throne, possibly Rahula holding a scarf and with a crown supported by an attendant to his side, another arhat seated below, possibly Pindola Bharadvaja being offered a patra by an attendant and surrounded by white elephants
85 x 65 cm, 33 1/2 by 25 5/8 in.
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Collection Richard R. et Magdalena Ernst
Rare tangka représentant le Bouddha Shakyamuni et des arhats, détrempe sur toile, Tibet, XVIe siècle
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西藏 十六世紀 釋迦牟尼佛及羅漢唐卡 設色布本
Pratapaditya Pal, Himalayas: An Aesthetic Adventure, Chicago, 2003, cat. no. 169.
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 19841.
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Pratapaditya Pal，《喜馬拉雅 : 美學的冒險》，芝加哥，2003年，編號169
喜瑪拉雅藝術資源，物件編號19841
The painting’s format of four equal rectangular panels separated by thin red borders is unusual. It may be assumed that the thangka is one of a series depicting the remaining ten arhats together with the attendant Dharmatala and the patron Hvashang, and the Four Guardians of the Directions, Vaishravana, Virupaksha, Dhritarashtra and Virudhaka. A different manifestation of the Buddha may also have been included in the composition of each. This painting seems to be the only one of the series to come to light thus far, and indeed one of the only Tibetan thangka in this four panel format. However three from a series of arhat paintings in the Rubin Museum of Art consist of two vertically arranged panels within thin red borders that feature a single arhat in each; see Marylin M. Rhie and Robert A. F. Thurman, Worlds of Transformation: Tibetan Art of Wisdom and Compassion, New York, 1999, pp. 167-8, pls 17-8, p. 229, pl. 50; see also a thangka in the Newark Museum divided equally into two segments, each depicting one arhat with attendants, in Pratapaditya Pal, Tibet: Tradition and Change, Albuquerque, 1997, p. 12, pl. 6.
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本作品以朱砂色線條將畫面劃為四等，構圖相當特殊。圖中描繪十位阿羅漢與達摩多羅尊者、布袋和尚尊者以及四大天王－毘沙門（北方多聞天王）、毗留博叉（廣目天王）、提多羅吒（東方的持國天王）、毗樓勒叉（南方的增長天王）。此主題系列之唐卡佛像構圖皆略有不同。本唐卡為此系列迄今唯一亮相之作，同時也是唯一採用四宮格構圖的西藏唐卡。魯賓藝術博物館中藏有三幅構圖雷同之阿羅漢唐卡，以朱砂色線條將畫面等分為二，兩部分皆有一尊阿羅漢；見Marylin M. Rhie和Robert A. F. Thurman, 《世界之昇華：西藏智慧與慈悲的藝術》，紐約，1999年，167-8頁，圖17-8，第229頁，圖5；另見紐瓦克博物館所藏一例，描繪阿羅漢和其護法，見Pratapaditya Pal，《西藏：傳統與變化》，阿爾伯克基，1997年，第12頁，圖版6。