唐卡图集(一)

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Central Tibet

1800 - 1899

Gelug and Buddhist Lineages

135.89x91.44cm (53.50x36in)

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

Avalokiteshvara, Sahasrabhuja Ekadasamukha (Tibetan: chen re zig, chag tong shal chu chig. English: the All Seeing Lord with One Thousand Hands and Eleven Faces): from the tradition of Bhikshuni Shri along with the lineage teachers of the Gelug Tradition following the line of Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, Shigatse, Tibet, the home of the Panchen Lamas. (See the Outline Page for Eleven-faced Avalokiteshvara, the Eleven-faces Main Page and the Bhikshuni Shri Main Page).

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Akshobhyavajra, Guhyasamaja (Tibetan: mi kyo dor je, sang wa du pa. English: the Unshakeable Scepter, Secret Assembly): principle deity of the Father (Method) classification of Anuttarayoga Tantra.

Peaceful in appearance, with a stern expression, blue in colour, he has three faces and six hands, embracing the consort. Lineage teachers are seated above and along the sides are retinue deities from the mandala of the principal figure.

Central Tibet

1500 - 1599

Gelug Lineage

80.01x59.69cm (31.50x23.50in)

Ground Mineral Pigment, Fine Gold Line on Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

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Guru Dragpo, Heruka, wrathful form of Padmasambhava. Fierce in appearance, red in colour, he has three faces and six hands, embracing the consort. Large blue wings unfurl behind as he stands surrounded by the brightly burning flames of pristine awareness.

Completely encircling are all the retinue deities of the mandala. At the top center is the Buddha Amitabha surrounded by six lineage teachers of the Nyingma School. At the bottom center is the worldly protector Daemon Lord with a Lion Face (Tibetan: dud gon seng dong chen) riding a black horse. At the left is Tsi'u Marpo accompanied by two of his brothers, all riding horseback.

Tibet

1800 - 1899

Nyingma Lineage

78.11x51.44cm (30.75x20.25in)

Ground: Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

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Vajrabhairava (Tibetan: dor je jig je. English: Vajra Terror) embracing the consort Vajra Vetali surrounded by four protector deities.

Tibet

1800 - 1899

Gelug Lineage

67.95x48.26cm (26.75x19in)

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

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Ravigupta (Tibetan: nyi ma be pa): from the set of 84 Mahasiddhas according to the text and list of the Indian scholar Vajrasana of Bodhgaya (11th century). He was a layperson from Kashmir that was cured of leprosy by a miraculous statue of the goddess Tara. Ravigupta is famous for having many visions of Tara and originating many lineages of her practice such as the Twenty-one forms of Tara, Vajra Tara, Seventeen Deity Tara practice, etc.

Tibet

1700 - 1799

Buddhist Lineage

55.88x36.83cm (22x14.50in)

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

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Shri Chakrasamvara (Tibetan: khor lo dem chog, English: Wheel of Supreme Bliss): the foremost tutelary deity of the Wisdom-mother classification of Anuttarayoga Tantra. The painting was commissioned by Naljorma Dechen Wangmo and the four-line verse of blessing on the back was written by Kagyu Tanpa'i Gyaltsen. In this case the the commissioner is likely to be the yogini Dechen Wangmo, who lived in the late 18th, early 19th century in Eastern Tibet. She was a highly regarded Buddhist practitioner and a student of the 8th Gyalwang Drugchen Rinpoche, Kunzig Chokyi Nangwa, head of the Drugpa Kagyu Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.

Eastern Tibet

1700 - 1799

Karma (Kagyu) and Buddhist Lineages

32.39x22.23cm (12.75x8.75in)

Ground Mineral Pigment, Fine Gold Line on Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

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Shri Hevajra Panchadaka Mandala (Tibetan: pal gye pa dor je rig du kyil kor. English: The Combined Glorious Hevajra Five Lords Mandala) with 49 Deities from the Vajrapanjara Tantra. Bibliographic reference: Arya Dakinivajrapanjara Mahatantrarajakalpa Nama

Tibet

1400 - 1499

Sakya Lineage

Ground Mineral Pigment, Fine Gold Line on Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

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Ekavira Vajrabhairava (Tibetan: dor je jig je pa wo chig pa. English: The Solitary Hero Vajra Terror) a wrathful form of Manjushri.

Tibet

1800 - 1899

Gelug Lineage

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

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Amitabha Buddha (Tibetan: san gye o pame. English: the Buddha of Boundless Light) is located in the pureland of Sukhavati teaching to the eight great bodhisattvas, shravakas and pratyekabuddhas seated in front

Central Tibet

1800 - 1899

Buddhist Lineage

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

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Tibet

1800 - 1899

Gelug Lineage

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Private

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Sanggye Sengge ((b.1504, d.1569) the 11th throne holder of Ngor Ewam Monastery.

Wearing the red pandita hat typical of Sakya and attired in the patched red robes of a fully ordained monk, he holds the right hand at the heart in the mudra (gesture) of blessing while holding the stem of a lotus blossom supporting a gold vajra. With the left hand in the lap cradling a gold Wheel of Dharma and a lotus stem blossoming above and supporting a bell he sits in vajra posture on a moon disc and multi-coloured lotus seat above an ornate lion throne with an elaborate and intricate backrest; radiating a blue nimbus and green areola.

At the top left is the Indian mahasiddha Virupa, brown in colour, with the two hands in the Dharma teaching mudra. In the corner, seated on a throne, is Dorje Chang Kunga Zangpo (1382-1456) wearing monk

Central Tibet

1500 - 1599

Sakya, Ngor (Sakya) and Buddhist Lineages

62.23x45.72cm (24.50x18in)

Ground Mineral Pigment, Fine Gold Line on Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

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Eastern Tibet

1800 - 1899

Buddhist Lineage

Ground Mineral Pigment, Fine Gold Line on Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

Chakrasamvara (Tibetan: khor lo dem chog. English: the Circle of Bliss) with the consort Vajravarahi (Tib.: dorje pag mo).

Chakrasamvara is blue in colour with 4 faces, 12 hands and two legs. The faces are blue, yellow, green and white. The first two hands hold a vajra and bell and embrace the mother consort. The last two hold an elephant skin out-stretched; third right a damaru, fourth an axe, fifth a trident, sixth a curved knife. The third left holds a katvanga marked with a vajra; fourth a vajra noose, fifth a blood filled skullcup, sixth carries the four-faced head of Brahma. The right leg is straight and presses on the breast of red Kalaratri; left bent and presses on the head of black Yama. Each head has a crown of five dry human skulls, a necklace of fifty fresh heads and bone ornaments; wear-ing a lower garment of tiger skin. In the lap is the Mother Vajravarahi, with a body red in colour, one face, two hands and three eyes. The left holds a blood filled skullcup and embraces the Father, and the right, in a threatening gesture, holds a curved knife. The right and left legs embrace the Father. Both Father-Mother stand in the middle of an orange fire of pristine awareness above a multi-coloured lotus and sun disc. Four initiation vases topped with skullcups surround the central figure; two on lotus blossoms and two wafting on blue and white clouds.

At the top center sits buddha Akshobhya, blue, with one face and two hands; seated in vajra posture. Below that is the Tibetan yogi Milarepa, wearing a white cotton robe with a red meditation belt. The right hand is cupped to the ear and the left holds a skullcup; seated in a relaxed posture. To the left sits another yogi wearing the same style of garments. At the right side is Jamyang Kyentse Wangpo wearing monastic robes and a red pandita hat. In the right and left hands are a vajra and bell along with the stems of two lotus blossoms opening at each ear supporting a sword and book.

At the bottom center is the protector associated with the Chakrasamvara cycle of Tantras, Chaturbhuja Mahakala (Tib.: gonpo chag shi pa), dark blue, with one face and four hands. The first pair hold a curved knife and skullcup and the second a sword and trident. In front are two skullcups filled with offerings. To the left is the mountain goddessTseringma, with one face and two hands holding a vajra and wealth vase; riding a white snow lion with a green mane. To the right is Shri Devi, dark blue, with one face and four hands holding a skullcup and spear in the first two and a sword and trident in the second two; riding on a brown donkey.

The surrounding landscape is populated by a yogi in a hermitage and another in the mountains, a stupa (reliquary structure), animals, a corpse and various auspicious objects of wealth.

This painting is an excellent example of what is produced in the Meishu Valley of the Dege Region in East Tibet, home to the Dzongsar Monastery of Jamyang Kyentse Wangpo

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Shakyamuni, Buddha (Tibetan: sha kya tu pa, sang gye. English: the Enlightened One of the Shakya Clan). The Gelugpa Field of the Accumulation (Tib.: tsog shing) of Merit with the teachers of the lineage of Maitreya on the upper left and that of Manjushri on the upper right. Deities, buddhas and bodhisattvas are placed below along with the Dharma protectors at the bottom.

Central Tibet

1800 - 1899

Gelug Lineage

30.48x22.86cm (12x9in)

Ground Mineral Pigment, Fine Gold Line on Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

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Shri Devi, Magzor Gyalmo (Tibetan: pal den lha mo, mag gyi zor le, gyal mo. English: Glorious Goddess, the Queen who Repels Armies, or the Queen who has the power to turn back armies. Sanskrit: Shri Devi, Yakshi Remati): belonging to the larger class of enlightened protector deities known as Shri Devi. Magzor Gyalmo is regarded as a wrathful emanation of the peaceful goddess Sarasvati, popular in Hinduism and Buddhism.

Central Tibet

1700 - 1799

Gelug Lineage

83.82x57.79cm (33x22.75in)

Ground Mineral Pigment, Fine Gold Line, Black Background on Cotton

Collection of Shelley & Donald Rubin

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Amitayus, Buddha (Tibetan: tse pag me, sang gye. English: the Enlightened One of Immeasurable Life). Yellow in colour, with one face and two hands in the meditation mudra (gesture) he holds a long-life vase in the lap. 190 images of Buddha Shakyamuni surround the central figure.

Tibet

1700 - 1799

Uncertain Lineage

69.22x48.26cm (27.25x19in)

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art