A VERY LARGE BLACK-GROUND THANGKA OF PANJARNATA MAHAKALA, 18TH CENTURYTibet. Distemper and gold on cloth. The wrathful protector standing atop a male figure on a lotus base, the fierce face with three large bulging eyes, a red mouth wide open and baring sharp teeth, and flaming hair, holding a crescent knife and skull cup filled with blood in his hands, an ornate staff resting on his forearms, wearing a skull crown, a scarf around the shoulders, and a tiger skin.Provenance: The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art. Swiss private collection, acquired from the above. The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art is a notable museum with five locations in southwestern Pennsylvania, USA. It is headquartered at Saint Francis University in Loretto, where it was founded in 1976. The museum is a repository for several distinctive special collections such as the Charles M. Schwab Collection of Presentation Silver and Other Memorabilia, the Colleen Browning Collection, and the Rezk Collection of Tibetan and Nepalese art.Published: Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 90546.Condition: Good condition with minor wear, soiling, small tears, minor losses to pigment and minuscule touchups.Dimensions: Size incl. mounting 165 x 125.5 cm, Image size 139.5 x 105.5 cmWith a good silk brocade frame.Three skullcups filled with offerings are placed in front of Mahakala. At the top center is Buddha Akshobhya, to the left Buddha Vajradhara and Chakrasamvara in Heruka form. On the right side are various deities, Vajrabhairava Heruka and lama figures. Descending at the sides are various wrathful figures specific to the retinue of Panjarnata and general wrathful protector deities of the Sakya School, including Ekajati, Chaturmukha, Magzor Gyalmo, and Vaishravana. Along the bottom are the five main attendants – the inner retinue – of Panjarnata, Kala Rakshasa, Kali Rakshasi and the three siblings.Panjaranata Mahakala is the protector for the Shri Hevajra cycle of Tantras. The iconography and rituals are found in the 18th chapter of the Vajra Panjara Tantra (canopy, or pavilion), a Sanskrit language text from India, and an exclusive 'explanatory tantra' to the Hevajra Tantra itself. It is from the name of this tantra that this specific form of Mahakala is known.Auction result comparison: Compare with a related but slightly earlier thangka at Sotheby's New York in Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Works of Art on 19 March 2014, lot 77, sold for USD 31,250.十八世紀大型寳帳大黑天黑唐卡 西藏。布面金彩膠畫。怒相守護神脚踩惡鬼身上,凶悍的臉龐上有三隻大而凸起的眼睛怒目而視,張開的紅色嘴巴露出鋒利的牙齒,還有如火焰般的頭髮,手裡拿著一個充滿了鮮血的新月形刀和頭骨杯,一把華麗的寳帳放在前臂上,戴著骷髏頭,肩膀上披著虎皮。 來源:The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art;瑞士私人收藏,購於上述美術館。The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art是在美國西南賓夕法尼亞州擁有五個分館的美術館。 它的總部位於Loretto成立於1976年的聖弗朗西斯大學。該美術館收藏了幾個特殊藏品,例如Charles M. Schwab收藏銀器和其他紀念品收藏,Colleen Browning Collection收藏和Rezk的尼泊爾藝術品收藏。 圖片:Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art 內部 出版: Himalayan Art Resources, 展品編號 90506 品相:狀況良好,輕微磨損,污跡,水漬,顔料和細微金彩輕微損失。 尺寸:含框165 x 125.5 厘米, 畫面139.5 x 105.5 厘米 絲綢裝裱在大黑天面前放置了三個裝滿祭品的頭骨杯。頂部中央是阿閦佛,左側是多傑羌佛和赫魯嘎形式的勝樂金剛。右邊是各種各樣的神靈,赫魯卡和喇嘛。 側面下方的是各種憤怒的人物,這些人物專門針對寳帳大黑天的的隨從和薩迦派的一般憤怒保護者神像,包括一髻佛母,勝樂金剛,吉祥天母和多聞天王。 底部是寶塔天王,寶帳大黑天眷屬,儸煞鬼和三個兄弟姐妹的五個主要隨從。寳帳大黑天是藏傳佛教的八大護法之一。 這些圖像和儀式可見於金剛密陀密宗的第18章,印度的梵文文字和赫瓦杰密宗本身的專有“密宗”。 正是從密宗的名稱中得知了大黑天的這種特定形式。拍賣結果比較:一件相近但更早期的唐卡見紐約蘇富比Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Works of Art 拍場2014年3月 19日 lot 77, 售價USD 31,250。