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TIBET, 15TH CENTURY
Distemper on cloth; verso of each painting inscribed in Tibetan identifying the deity.
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 18670
Each image: 10.5 x 9 cm (4 1/8 x 3 1/2 in.)
Length of Banner: 90 cm (35 3/8 in.)
Footnotes
西藏 十五世紀 佛幡唐卡九幅
Provenance
Private Hong Kong Collection
This ritual banner comprises nine miniature paintings individually mounted in cloth and joined in a horizontal sequence. From left to right are Krodha Vajrapani, Vajravarahi, Shadbhuja Mahakala (Six-Armed Mahakala), four-armed White Ganapati, Vajradhara, Vajrasattva, Chaturbhuja Mahakala (Four-Armed Mahakala), Amitayus, and Yama Dharmaraja. The sequence brings together peaceful and wrathful deities, distinguished by their individual postures, gestures, and ritual implements.
Each deity occupies a separate field against a dark blue ground decorated with floral motifs. The peaceful figures are framed by red aureoles, while the wrathful deities appear within patterned flame aureoles. Multicolored lotus pedestals and precise linear detailing unify the series.
Strings of miniature paintings were made for ritual display in small chapels and folded panel over panel when not in use. An earlier example of this distinctive format, comprising four joined miniature paintings, was sold at Christie's, New York, 22 March 2000, lot 129.
For a stylistic comparison, see a 15th-century Tibetan miniature painting (HAR 48347), which similarly employs a dark blue ground with floral ornament, red aureole, multicolored lotus pedestal, saturated palette, and precise linear detailing, all characteristic features of 15th-century Tibetan painting.