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A PAIR OF BLACKGROUND THANGKAS OF HAYAGRIVA AND VAJRAKILA
TIBET, 19TH CENTURY Distemper on cloth. Himalayan Art Resources item nos.16924 & 16925 Image: 14 1/8 x 11 in. (35.8 x 27.8 cm), the Hevajra; Image: 13 1/2 x 11 3/8 in. (34.4 x 28.8 cm), the Vajrakila
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西藏 十九世紀 馬頭明王及普巴金剛黑唐卡This pair of blackground thankgas depicting the meditational deities (yidams) Hayagriva and Vajrakila are excellent examples of the 19th century. The artist skillfully achieves complex forms and spatial relations with a restrained use of line and shading. He renders the many arms, legs, and faces of each deity with confidence. He paints the hair of each central figure with fine, parallel lines in gold, and applies the same technique to the flames around them, but with fainter brushstrokes so as to create the illusion of their receeding into the background. Compare with other 19th-century blackground thangkas at the Rubin Museum of Art, New York, of Vajrakila (P1996.20.25; HAR379), Maning Mahakala (P1995.25.3, HAR208), and Panjarnata Mahakala (F1997.3.5, HAR70). Provenance Ex-New Jersey Collection, c.2008