A rare nagthang (black-ground) thangka of a wrathful goddess Tibet, 18th century | 西藏十八世紀忿怒尊黑唐卡設色布本

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A rare nagthang (black-ground) thangka of a wrathful goddess

Tibet, 18th century

the black ground (nagthang) thangka depicting a fierce red female deity holding a cutlass (khadja) in her right hand and a skull cup (kapala) filled with blood in the left, her lower body in the form of a ritual dagger blade (kila), together with her nine-headed jackal mount (vahana) beneath, and surrounded by an entourage of wrathful goddesses, gold ink and colour on fabric, framed under glass

71.5 x 50.5 cm, 28⅛ by 19⅞ in.

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Thangka à fond noir, Tibet, XVIII^E siècle

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西藏十八世紀忿怒尊黑唐卡設色布本

71.5 x 50.5 公分， 28⅛x 19⅞英寸

Tibetan Nagpa paintings are typically reserved for the ferocious aspects of the Yidam deities, the guardians of the dharma and the mountain spirit deities of pre-Buddhism. Compare two eighteenth century black-ground thangkas formerly in the Lionel Fournier Collection in Nathalie Bazin, Rituels tibétains: Visions secrètes du V Dalaï Lama, Paris, 2002, pp. 112-3, cat. nos. 54, 55.

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西藏黑唐卡專為描繪本尊的忿怒相，是法和佛教前身的山靈神祇守護者。比較莱昂内•傅聂（Lionel Fournier）舊藏中兩例18世紀的黑唐卡，圖載於Nathalie Bazin著，《 Rituels tibétains: Visions secrètes du V Dalaï Lama》，2002年，頁112-3，編號 54，55

A rare nagthang (black-ground) thangka of a wrathful goddess Tibet, 18th century | 西藏 十八世紀 忿怒尊黑唐卡 設色布本

A rare nagthang (black-ground) thangka of a wrathful goddess Tibet, 18th century | 西藏十八世紀忿怒尊黑唐卡設色布本