When we pay respect to the Medicine Buddha, we should realize that the Medicine Buddha not only values seeking happiness for all living beings in this world, but also helps all living beings to realize Bodhi early in the transcendental world and seek ultimate peace and happiness.
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13 to 14th century Tibetan style Medicine Master thangka appreciation
LOT840 13th century Medicine Master Eight Buddha Thangka 42X36cm Cotton mineral painting Tibet Medieval Ceramics 2022 Autumn Auction Lot
This thangka completely complies with the rituals of the Eight Buddha Mandalas of the Medicine Master around the 14th century, and expresses the complete system of Tibetan Buddhist Medicine Master beliefs and Tantric practice. The main Buddha, Medicine Master, lives in the center of the picture. There are four solemn backlights behind the main statue. The four holding objects from top to bottom are Garuda, , Capricorn, goat monster and elephant. Below is a square pedestal guarded by two lions.
The main statue is flanked by two bodhisattvas, Sunlight and Moonlight. The top of the main pedestal is also painted with supporting monks and secular donors, of which the guru is on the left and the secular donors are on the right. Their clothes are similar to those worn by the royal family in the Tubo period. These two should be the donors of this thangka and the root masters of the teachings.
In the long square at the top of the screen, there are 17 masters who have inherited the teachings. Behind these masters are horseshoe-shaped backlights with dark patterns of curly grass. They all sit opposite each other, showing the relationship between teaching and inheritance.
There are eight identical Buddhist niches above and on both sides of the main statue. The leftmost niche at the top is the six-armed Prajna Buddha in Bodhisattva garb. The other niches are for the seven Tathagatas, including the Medicine Master the remaining six Buddhas among the seven Buddhas and Sakyamuni Buddha. In front of the pedestals of Prajna Buddha and the Seven Medicine Buddhas, there are sixteen Bodhisattvas, the sixteen Dharma-listening Bodhisattvas recorded in the Medicine Buddha Sutra. In the square under the Seven Medicine Buddhas, there are four heavenly kings.
There are two rows of protector gods at the bottom of the screen. The upper row has ten protector gods, who are the gods of the ten directions; the lower row has twelve protector gods, who are the twelve Yaaksha gods who are dependents of the Medicine Buddha in the Tibetan Tantra mandala . The twelve Yakshas protect all living beings in turn from the twelve hours of Zishi to Haishi and the twelve months from the first lunar month to the twelfth lunar month. Their images are closely related to the twelve zodiac animals spread among the people.
In this thangka, the 51 most important gods in the Medicine Buddha mandala practice ritual are drawn. Compared with the murals of Shalu Temple, the form of expression is more standard and standardized, and it is obviously influenced by the teachings of the Sakya Sect.
13-14th century, with the strong support of the central government of the Yuan Dynasty, the Sakya Sect expanded its sphere of influence rapidly, and the western Tibet region was also significantly affected. The later sculptures and paintings in western Tibet can reflect the Sakya Sect's profound influence on the development of religion in western Tibet around the 14th century.
In addition, according to research by scholars, some states around western Tibet at that time had developed their power into the western Tibet area, and these states had great faith in the Sakya Sect. This not only explains the high similarity between the religious content of this thangka and the murals of Xialu Temple, but also indirectly confirms our judgment of the age of this thangka.
As far as the artistic style of this thangka is concerned, on the basis of inheriting the artistic characteristics of Tibetan-style thangkas from the 13th to 14th centuries, it also incorporates the local aesthetics and painting techniques of western Tibet, showing the artistic charm of thangka painting in western Tibet around the 13th century.
First of all, this thangka adopts a flat composition in a chess format, with many gods neatly arranged in the center of the square. It is obviously influenced by the Indian Buddhist painting art and is a distinctive feature of early thangka composition in Tibet. The composition of the thangka in Heishui City in the 13th century is exactly the same.
The text on the back of the thangka
The color of the entire thangka is based on the magenta, yellow and other colors commonly used in early thangkas, and a large number of white and cyan are used to make the entire thangka feel brighter and more elegant.This color feature fully caters to the coloring tradition of western Tibetan painting, and is most vividly reflected in early Tibetan painting relics such as Aqi Temple, Tapo Temple, and Donggapiyang Grottoes. However, it is obviously different from the color expression on the murals of Sakya Temple and Shalu Temple in the Tibetan area of the same period.
Medieval Pottery 2022 Autumn Auction
Preview time
December 28-30
Auction time
December 31
Exhibition location
Hangzhou Metropark Hotel
(No. 2, Pinghai Road, Shangcheng District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province)
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