California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 July 8, 2018  July 8, 2018

 Lot # 5540 
AN EMBROIDERED 'VAJRAPANI' THANGKA    清 刺繡金剛菩薩像唐卡


  • Dimension: Length: 80 in (203.2 cm) Width: 70 in (177.8 cm)
  • Estimate From: $1200
  • Estimate To: $1600

The wrathful protector standing in fierce alidhasana trampling underfoot two supine figures, with three bloodshot eyes, wearing the five-pointed crown, the garland of tiger skin around the waist, holding a vajra in the raised right hand and a pasha in the left hand in tarjani mudra, surrounded by numerous bodhisattva and deities in geometrically disposed niches. Qing Dynasty period.


金剛手菩薩,又叫“執金剛菩薩”(Vajradhara)、“金剛勇猛心菩薩”、“金剛手秘密主”、“金剛上首”、“金剛藏”、“秘密主”等,是佛教的大菩薩,以執金剛神的外型出現,通常身現一手持鈴,一手持金剛杵之相,象徵“堅固不壞之菩提心”。他與觀世音菩薩、文殊菩薩,合稱三族性尊。整張唐卡畫工精細,色彩明艷,用料講究,構思奇妙,為西藏西部地區繪製,保存至今仍然品相完好,極為不易。