6th Mar, 2021 10:00
TWO-DAY AUCTION - Fine Chinese Art / 中國藝術集珍 / Buddhism & Hinduism
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A THANGKA OF GURU DRAGPO, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
十八世紀至十九世紀忿怒蓮師唐卡
Sold for €8,216
including Buyer's Premium
Tibet. Distemper and gold on cloth. The central figure with three heads, six arms, four feet and outstretched wings holding an axe, a vajra, a skull cup, and a scorpion figure, embracing his consort painted in blue with both of them stamping on prostrated figures over a lotus pedestal.
Provenance: Joachim Baader, Schoettle Ostasiatica, Munich, 1994. An expertise on the present thangka written and signed by Joachim Baader accompanies this lot. The collection of Dr. Ferdinand and Dr. Gudrun Thaler-Szulyovsky, acquired from the above and thence by descent in the same family. The couple, who had both been practicing law, met in 1967 through their mutual passion for art. Together they built a substantial and diverse art collection over many decades.
Condition: Good original condition with wear, soiling, creases, minor losses.
Dimensions: Size incl. mounting 94 x 61.5 cm, Image size 71.5 x 50 cm
The present thangka depicts Guru Dragpo, a meditational deity form of Padmasambhava, in his most wrathful Heruka form with three faces and six hands embracing a consort, with numerous smaller Dakinis and Dharmapalas standing in multicolored niches surrounding them, centered by a Garuda surmounted by Amitabha above. With a silk brocade mounting.
Literature comparison: Compare with a related thangka, dated to the 19th century, in the Field Museum of Natural History, also published on Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 54425. Another related thangka, dated to the 18th century, is in the collection of the Rubin Museum of Art, accession number P1998.30.1, also published on Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 788.
Auction result comparison: Compare with a related thangka of Guru Dragpo without consort at Sotheby’s New York in The Jucker Collection of Himalayan Paintings on 28 March 2006, lot 97, sold for USD 27,000.
十八世紀至十九世紀忿怒蓮師唐卡
西藏，布面金彩膠畫。蓮師三首六臂與四足，翅膀張開，拿著斧頭、金剛杵、頭骨杯和蝎子，擁抱著他的佛母。兩人站立于蓮座上，脚踩魔鬼上。
來源：慕尼黑Joachim Baader, Schoettle Ostasiatica古玩, 1994。隨附Joachim Baader 簽名的説明。Ferdinand Thaler-Szulyovsky博士與Gudrun Thaler-Szulyovsky博士收藏，自此在同一個家庭世代相傳。這對夫妻一直從事法律工作，1967年因爲對藝術的共同熱情而相識。 數十年來，他們共同建立了豐富且龐大的藝術收藏。
圖片：Ferdinand 與 Gudrun Thaler-Szulyovszky
品相：原始狀態良好，有磨損，污漬，摺痕，輕微損失。
尺寸：縂94 x 61.5 厘米, 畫面71.5 x 50 厘米
拍賣結果：一件相近忿怒蓮師唐卡見紐約蘇富比The Jucker Collection of Himalayan Paintings 拍場2006年3月28日 lot 97, 售價USD 27,000.
Tibet. Distemper and gold on cloth. The central figure with three heads, six arms, four feet and outstretched wings holding an axe, a vajra, a skull cup, and a scorpion figure, embracing his consort painted in blue with both of them stamping on prostrated figures over a lotus pedestal.
Provenance: Joachim Baader, Schoettle Ostasiatica, Munich, 1994. An expertise on the present thangka written and signed by Joachim Baader accompanies this lot. The collection of Dr. Ferdinand and Dr. Gudrun Thaler-Szulyovsky, acquired from the above and thence by descent in the same family. The couple, who had both been practicing law, met in 1967 through their mutual passion for art. Together they built a substantial and diverse art collection over many decades.
Condition: Good original condition with wear, soiling, creases, minor losses.
Dimensions: Size incl. mounting 94 x 61.5 cm, Image size 71.5 x 50 cm
The present thangka depicts Guru Dragpo, a meditational deity form of Padmasambhava, in his most wrathful Heruka form with three faces and six hands embracing a consort, with numerous smaller Dakinis and Dharmapalas standing in multicolored niches surrounding them, centered by a Garuda surmounted by Amitabha above. With a silk brocade mounting.
Literature comparison: Compare with a related thangka, dated to the 19th century, in the Field Museum of Natural History, also published on Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 54425. Another related thangka, dated to the 18th century, is in the collection of the Rubin Museum of Art, accession number P1998.30.1, also published on Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 788.
Auction result comparison: Compare with a related thangka of Guru Dragpo without consort at Sotheby’s New York in The Jucker Collection of Himalayan Paintings on 28 March 2006, lot 97, sold for USD 27,000.
十八世紀至十九世紀忿怒蓮師唐卡
西藏，布面金彩膠畫。蓮師三首六臂與四足，翅膀張開，拿著斧頭、金剛杵、頭骨杯和蝎子，擁抱著他的佛母。兩人站立于蓮座上，脚踩魔鬼上。
來源：慕尼黑Joachim Baader, Schoettle Ostasiatica古玩, 1994。隨附Joachim Baader 簽名的説明。Ferdinand Thaler-Szulyovsky博士與Gudrun Thaler-Szulyovsky博士收藏，自此在同一個家庭世代相傳。這對夫妻一直從事法律工作，1967年因爲對藝術的共同熱情而相識。 數十年來，他們共同建立了豐富且龐大的藝術收藏。
圖片：Ferdinand 與 Gudrun Thaler-Szulyovszky
品相：原始狀態良好，有磨損，污漬，摺痕，輕微損失。
尺寸：縂94 x 61.5 厘米, 畫面71.5 x 50 厘米
拍賣結果：一件相近忿怒蓮師唐卡見紐約蘇富比The Jucker Collection of Himalayan Paintings 拍場2006年3月28日 lot 97, 售價USD 27,000.
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