Null Thangka, Shri Devi (Buddhist protector) - Magzor Gyalmo, Tibet / Nepal, 19t…

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Thangka, Shri Devi (Buddhist protector) - Magzor Gyalmo, Tibet / Nepal, 19th century, pigments on primed fabric. Mounted with Chinese silks as a hanging scroll. Dimensions: 62 x 44 cm, dimensions: 112 x 69 cm. In good condition for age, loss of color, creases.

2003

Thangka, Shri Devi (Buddhist protector) - Magzor Gyalmo, Tibet / Nepal, 19th century, pigments on primed fabric. Mounted with Chinese silks as a hanging scroll. Dimensions: 62 x 44 cm, dimensions: 112 x 69 cm. In good condition for age, loss of color, creases.

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Estim. 600 000 - 800 000 EUR

GOLDEN COPPER ALLOY SHRI DEVI STATUETTEBY 'SOGYAL', PROBABLY SONAM GYALTSEN (A. CENTRAL TIBET, DENSATIL MONASTERY, c. 1431-35A Tibetan inscription on the rim of the base: དཔལ་ལྡན་ལྷ་མོ་སྲོག་སྒྲུབ་སྐུ། བསོད་རྒྱལ་ལག་པད་རྩེ་ལས་སྤྲུལ། ;pal den lha mo srog sgrub sku. bsod rgyal lag pad rtse las sprul;'The Shri Devi Life-Accomplishment sculpture, made by the hand of Sogyal.'Himalayan Art Resources item no. 1829 37.5 cm (14 3/4 in.) high Footnotes: A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF SHRI DEVI BY 'SOGYAL', PROBABLY SONAM GYALTSEN (A. 15TH CENTURY), CENTRAL TIBET, DENSATIL MONASTERY, CIRCA 1431-35 Published Spink & Son Ltd, The Art of Nepal and Tibet, London, 1979, p. 23, no. 55. Meinrad Maria Grewenig & Eberhard Rist (eds), Buddha: 2000 Years of Buddhist Art, 232 Masterpieces, Völklingen, 2016, p. 428, no. 187. Duojie Renqing & Xiong Wenbin, 'Exploratory Research on the 15th-century Tibetan Artist Sle'u Sonam Gyaltsen and His Styles', in Meishu Daguan, 2021, no. 11, pp. 86-7, fig. 13. Exhibited Buddha: 2000 Years of Buddhist Art, 232 Masterpieces, Völklingen, 24 June 2016 -19 February 2017. Provenance Spink & Son Ltd, London, 1979 The Speelman Shri Devi The Speelman Shri Devi is an exceptional Densatil sculpture, both for its high quality of craftsmanship and exceptional state of preservation. Each of Densatil monastery's eight tashi gomang shrines, created over a period of 167 years, are said to have featured upwards of 2,000 deities in relief panels and free-standing sculpture. It is reasoned that multiple metal-casting workshops would have worked on a single shrine, particularly those that historical sources indicate were erected in relatively short order or when constructions might have occurred simultaneously. Such circumstances could explain why not all Densatil sculptures are made to the same standard. It can also be said of the corpus of remaining Densatil sculpture that aesthetic considerations of balance, agility, and refinement seem secondary to heft and vitality, and Densatil figures can at times appear a little brutish. This is not so with the Speelman Shri Devi. Among the sculpture's many artistic virtues, Shri Devi's feet and toes are modelled slightly flexed astride her donkey. The animal is alert, well-groomed, and approachable. Flailing sashes draped across the beast show complex pleats and fine stippling in floral patterns. In her left hand, a magical wealth-generating mongoose disgorges a flourish of inset semiprecious stones and a Chinese ingot (yuan bao). Her earrings contain a finely cast coiled snake and a perched snow lion. This goddess is often depicted in Tibetan art with a more terrifying and gruesome affect, but here, there is a marked buoyancy about Shri Devi and her ensemble of mythical creatures. Regarding condition, Densatil monastery's destruction in the 20th century, involving the use of dynamite, resulted in many issues such as breaks, cracks, extensive losses, and stripped gilding (or regilding) among the relatively small number of sculptures that survived. The Speelman Shri Devi stands out in this respect as well, having retained most of its elements and its shimmering, wonderfully preserved, thick layer of original gilding. The goddess Shri Devi is the earliest and most important female protector deity of Vajrayana Buddhism. As such, she is found in early Tibetan painting alongside Mahakala-her male counterpart. They are a pair and often found together in the Sanskrit source literature. In modern times, it is often said that there are twenty-one forms of Shri Devi, but this appears to be an attempt to organize the many variants of the goddess. Shri Devi is not a single entity with various forms but rather a category of deity with a number of different entities appearing as, designated as such, and functioning as a Shri Devi. The two most common entities that take this wrathful appearance are Lakshmi and Sarasvati, as they are understood from a Buddhist rather than Hindu perspective. In the early development of the Vajrayana Buddhist pantheon, much was borrowed and adapted from the popular Hindu gods of classical Indian literature. Most of the earliest Tibetan sculpture of Shri Devi was created at Densatil monastery from the late 13th century through to the mid-15th century. Densatil was constructed around the hermitage and final resting place of Phagmodrupa Dorje Gyalpo (1110-70), who was regarded by his followers as an incarnation of Shakyamuni Buddha. The Phagdru Kagyu, an eponymous sect that formed around him, became Tibet's preeminent order in the 14th and early 15th centuries. As Densatil's wealth and political power grew, the order constructed in its main hall eight incredible stupa-like shrines, known as tashi gomang ('many doors of auspiciousness') upon which the reliquaries of certain abbots were placed. These multi-t

Estim. 6 000 - 8 000 EUR

* PRINTING BOARD CHINA - QIANLONG period (1736 - 1795) Wood "Secret Sutra" (Mimi jing, 秘密經), part of "Great collection of sutras" (Da Zang Jing, 大藏經), text in Mongolian Inscription in Chinese, left: Secret Sutra, 23rd volume, last page. Carved with five guardian deities in flamed arcades supported by columns decorated with gushing vases: in the center Vajrapani holding the bell and double vajra, surrounded by Mahakala and three forms of Sri Devi, including Phalden Lhamo and Magzor Gyalmo. A wood printing board China - Qianlong period (1736 -1795) L. 65 cm Initially, the Secret Sutra consisted of 10,205 boards, of which 7790 are currently in the Palace Museum, Gugong, Beijing. Provenance : - Former French collection, early 20th century

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