A THANGKA OF RED AMITAYUS, TIBET, 18TH CENTURY
Distemper and gold on cloth, with a silk brocade mounting. The red-skinned deity seated in dhyanasana on a lotus throne with his hands lowered in dhyanamudra holding a long life vessel, backed by a halo and surrounded by a flaming mandorla, flanked to his right by White Tara and to his left by the six-armed Ushnishavijaya holding a jewel, vajra, an arrow, and an inscribed plaque. The bodhisattvas backed by red halos and deep blue mandorlas, all above three sets of three flaming pearls and within a verdant landscape with leafy lotus, rolling hills, and swirling clouds below the sun and moon.


Provenance:
From a German private collection.

Condition:
The upper area of the painting with minor old touchups, otherwise in good condition with some old wear, soiling, few small losses, and minor creasing.

Dimensions: Image size 24.8 x 19.4 cm, Size incl. mounting 54.5 x 34 cm


Literature comparison:

Compare a related thangka depicting red Amitayus, dated to the 18th century, in the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts, illustrated in Béla Kelényi and Judit Vinkovics, Tibetan and Mongolian Buddhist Painted Scrolls, Budapest, 1995, cat. no. 46, and illustrated on Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 99154.


Auction result comparison:

Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 20 September 2006, lot 100
Price: USD 10,200 or approx.
EUR 14,000
converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A thangka of red Amitayus, Tibeto-Chinese, 18th century
Expert remark: Note the size (40 x 76 cm).




西藏十八世紀無量壽佛唐卡

布面膠彩描金，絲緞裝幀。無量壽佛紅色身，戴五葉冠，上身袒露，披帛帶，飾瓔珞，下著薄裙，衣紋靈動多姿。雙手疊交於腹前，結禪定印，上置寶瓶，結跏趺坐於蓮台上，儀態端莊。身後有光背。身後荷葉茂盛、群山連綿、日月、云彩繚繞的山水景觀，美崙美奐。身前右側為白度母，左側為手持珠寶、金剛杵、箭等法器的六臂尊勝佛母。


來源：
德國私人收藏。

品相：
畫面上部區域有輕微小修，其他狀況良好，有一些磨損、污垢、少量小缺損和輕微摺痕。

尺寸：畫面24.8 x 19.4 厘米, 總54.5 x 34 厘米


文獻比較：


比較一件相近的十八世紀阿彌陀佛唐卡，收藏於Ferenc Hopp東亞藝術博物館，見Béla Kelényi 和Judit Vinkovics， 《Tibetan and Mongolian Buddhist Painted Scrolls》，布達佩斯，1995年，圖錄編號46，以及見Himalayan Art Resources，館藏編號99154。


拍賣結果比較：

形制：相近
拍賣：紐約佳士得，2006年9月20日，lot 100
價格：USD 10,200（相當於今日
EUR 14,000
）
描述：十八世紀漢藏紅地阿彌陀佛唐卡
專家評論：請注意尺寸(40 x 76 厘米)。