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A THANGKA OF DAMARUPA AND AVADHUTIPA CENTRAL TIBET, 16TH/17TH CENTURY
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A THANGKA OF DAMARUPA AND AVADHUTIPA CENTRAL TIBET, 16TH/17TH CENTURY Distemper and gold on cloth; recto with Tibetan inscriptions in black identifying each of the figures; verso with single line inscription numbering the thangka '1' within the original set. Himalayan art resources item no. 89144 Image: 31 x 22 1/2 in. (79 x 57 cm) Footnotes: 藏中 十六/十七世紀 達瑪如巴及阿瓦都帝巴唐卡 Published Hugo Kreijger, Tibetan Painting: The Jucker Collection, Boston, 2001, p. 70, no. 20. Provenance Sotheby's, New York, 27 March 1991, lot 131 Dr. Ernst 'Mischa' and Angela Jucker Collection Sotheby's, New York, 28 March 2006, lot 90 The Richard C. Blum and Senator Dianne Feinstein Collection This thangka depicts the portraiture of two Mahasiddhas, or Indian adepts, within the Sakya Lamdre lineage. The Mahasiddha on the left is of Damarupa, an Indian yogi who had the purported capacity to appear in the twenty-four pithas (spiritual power places) and thirty-two sacred places simultaneously. This he did while playing a two-sided drum made from skull tops (damaru), and from which is derived the name Damarupa. In his other hand he holds a kapala (skull cap) filled with blood. Seated on the right is Damarupa's disciple, Avadhuti, who himself became the master of the legendary adept, Gayadhara. Avadhuti is a Buddhism term for the yogic channel through which bodhicitta (the will to attain enlightenment for the sake of others) flows towards purification and bliss. The term being also a common epithet for Buddhist yogis in general, makes it nearly impossible to identify the factual history of this Mahasiddha. As in this painting, Avadhuti is usually portrayed with his right hand gesturing downward. As both student and master specialize in teachings involving the Hevajra Tantra, they are joined by a retinue of Mahasiddhas, dakinis, and a dancing form of Hevajra specific to the Lamdre tradition. The thangka belongs to the same series as the painting of two other Sakya hierarchs (Bonhams, New York, 20 March 2024, lot 722). They would have been part of a series of several thangkas all representing Sakyapa lamas and Indian masters of the Hevajra teaching lineage. For examples of other double portraits depicting golden Mahasiddhas, see a thangka illustrating the same two masters from the Ernst Collection, sold in Sotheby's, New York, 15 December 2022, lot 29, another of Tilopa and Naropa, published in Rhie & Thurman, Wisdom and Compassion, Expanded Edition, 2000, p. 426, no. 179, and a third of Virupa and Kanha from the Zimmerman Family Collection, published in Pal, Art of the Himalayas, 1991, p. 164, no. 95; HAR 85095. Lot to be sold without reserve. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ¤ ¤ Without reserve For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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A THANGKA OF DAMARUPA AND AVADHUTIPA CENTRAL TIBET, 16TH/17TH CENTURY Distemper and gold on cloth; recto with Tibetan inscriptions in black identifying each of the figures; verso with single line inscription numbering the thangka '1' within the original set. Himalayan art resources item no. 89144 Image: 31 x 22 1/2 in. (79 x 57 cm) Footnotes: 藏中 十六/十七世紀 達瑪如巴及阿瓦都帝巴唐卡 Published Hugo Kreijger, Tibetan Painting: The Jucker Collection, Boston, 2001, p. 70, no. 20. Provenance Sotheby's, New York, 27 March 1991, lot 131 Dr. Ernst 'Mischa' and Angela Jucker Collection Sotheby's, New York, 28 March 2006, lot 90 The Richard C. Blum and Senator Dianne Feinstein Collection This thangka depicts the portraiture of two Mahasiddhas, or Indian adepts, within the Sakya Lamdre lineage. The Mahasiddha on the left is of Damarupa, an Indian yogi who had the purported capacity to appear in the twenty-four pithas (spiritual power places) and thirty-two sacred places simultaneously. This he did while playing a two-sided drum made from skull tops (damaru), and from which is derived the name Damarupa. In his other hand he holds a kapala (skull cap) filled with blood. Seated on the right is Damarupa's disciple, Avadhuti, who himself became the master of the legendary adept, Gayadhara. Avadhuti is a Buddhism term for the yogic channel through which bodhicitta (the will to attain enlightenment for the sake of others) flows towards purification and bliss. The term being also a common epithet for Buddhist yogis in general, makes it nearly impossible to identify the factual history of this Mahasiddha. As in this painting, Avadhuti is usually portrayed with his right hand gesturing downward. As both student and master specialize in teachings involving the Hevajra Tantra, they are joined by a retinue of Mahasiddhas, dakinis, and a dancing form of Hevajra specific to the Lamdre tradition. The thangka belongs to the same series as the painting of two other Sakya hierarchs (Bonhams, New York, 20 March 2024, lot 722). They would have been part of a series of several thangkas all representing Sakyapa lamas and Indian masters of the Hevajra teaching lineage. For examples of other double portraits depicting golden Mahasiddhas, see a thangka illustrating the same two masters from the Ernst Collection, sold in Sotheby's, New York, 15 December 2022, lot 29, another of Tilopa and Naropa, published in Rhie & Thurman, Wisdom and Compassion, Expanded Edition, 2000, p. 426, no. 179, and a third of Virupa and Kanha from the Zimmerman Family Collection, published in Pal, Art of the Himalayas, 1991, p. 164, no. 95; HAR 85095. Lot to be sold without reserve. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ¤ ¤ Without reserve For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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