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

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 15. A thangka depicting Nampar Gyalwa, Tibet, 17th/18th century | 西藏 十七至十八世紀 南巴嘉瓦唐卡 設色布本.

Property from the collection of Richard R. and Magdalena Ernst | 恩斯特伉儷收藏

A thangka depicting Nampar Gyalwa, Tibet, 17th/18th century | 西藏 十七至十八世紀 南巴嘉瓦唐卡 設色布本

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December 15, 11:27 AM GMT

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3,000 - 5,000 EUR

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Property from the collection of Richard R. and Magdalena Ernst

A thangka depicting Nampar Gyalwa

Tibet, 17th/18th century


distemper on cloth, with right hand raised in the Victory gesture, seated in vajraparyankasana on a lotus throne with recumbent horses beneath, a triratna before the throne, a torana of snow lions, dragons and makara with khyung above, the throne flanked by the Four Excellent Youths, naga and entourages in the lower corners flanking the eight-armed red deity centre surrounded by animal-headed dakini, tutelary deities to either side, and Spiritual Heroes in discourse above

87 x 62 cm, 34 1/4 by 24 3/8 in.

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Collection Richard R. et Magdalena Ernst 

Tangka représentant Nampar Gyalwa, détrempe sur toile, Tibet, XVIIe-XVIIIe siècle

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西藏 十七至十八世紀 南巴嘉瓦唐卡 設色布本

Per Kvaerne, The Bon Religion of Tibet: The Iconography of a Living Tradition, London, 1995, pl. 21.

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 73127.

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Per Kvaerne,《西藏波苯教 : 傳統生活圖像學》,倫敦,1995年,圖版21

喜瑪拉雅藝術資源,物件編號73127

Nampar Gyalwa is known by his epithet Fully Victorious One, and is a manifestation of Tonpa Shenrab, see Per Kvaerne, The Bon Religion of Tibet, London, 1995, p. 33. Kvaerne identifies the deities seated cross-legged within golden haloes above the palace as the deities of the mandala of Yungdrung Longe, which Tonpa Shenrab constructs when consecrating the temple that is depicted behind Nampar Gyalwa’s throne, ibid, p. 68.