Buddhas and Bodhisattvas Exhibition & Latest Acquisitions I, II & III

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Buddhas and Bodhisattvas Exhibition

1. 020430-16. Sakyamuni Buddha,
   bronze, West Tibet, 13-14th C., 26 cms., resealed.

2. 144(T3). Seated Buddha,
   bronze, Ayutthaya type, Thailand, c. 16th C., 25 cms.

3. 020430-7. Maitreya, the Buddha of the Future.
   Gilt bronze with stone inlays, Khasa Malla Kingdom,
   West Himalayas, 13-14th C., 18 cms., sealed.

4. B441. Phagpa Lokesvara
   Gilt wood standing Avalokiteshvara (Phagpa Lokeshvara),
   Tibet, c. 12th C., 20 cms.

Latest Acquistions I

1. 020430-5. Title page from the tantra,
   'Sarvarahasya nama tantra raja' with two illustrations,
   Chinese silk brocade, E. Tibet, 17th C., 57.5 x 12 cms.
   This tantra is a compendium of mandalas.

2. 030619. Gilt copper repousse mandorla,
   Tibet, c. 16th C., 48w. x 35h. cms.

3. 030923-1. Tsakali on paper board depicting a seated female,
   inscription on back, Tibet, c. 13-14th C., 17 x 9.5 cms., framed.

4. 030630. Pair of snow lion masks,
   gilt copper and polychrome repousse,
   probably used as door knockers on a temple or monastery,
   Tibet, c. 18th C., 25 cms.

5. 031028. A monumental Ganesha standing on his vehicle,
   the rat, his ten hands holding various attributes
   with an elaborate nimbus with kirtimukhta,
   offering goddesses and gana figures surrounding.
   Carved wood with marble base, South India,
   contemporary, 218 cms. high.

6. 031030-2. Simhavaktra, gilt copper repousse and polychrome.
   The lion headed dakini stepping left on a sea of blood,
   surrounded by flames, and holding a chopper and skull cup.
   Mongolia, c. 18th C., 46 x 29 cms.

7. 031112. Thangka of Yuthok Yonten Gonpo the Younger
   (1127-1203). Eastern Tibet, Kham, circa 1800,
   Inscribed on back, 80 x 54 cms. + original silk brocades.

8. 031128-1. Three faced four armed tantric deity, Vajrahumkara,
   gilt copper repousse, Tibet, c. 16th C., 11.5 cms.

9. 040402-1. Lama, gilt copper repousse,
   Tibet, c. 18th C., 32 cms., resealed.

10. 050119-4. Kubera, guardian of the north and god of wealth, black basalt, Pala, E. India, ca. 10-12th C., 45 cms.

11. 050801. Manuscript cover, carved and gilt on outside with a Kalasa and scrolling lotus tendrils, the inside with two rows of seven painted Buddhas, gilt, silver and pigments on wood, Tibet, ca. 13-14th C., 70 x 28 x 2.5 cms.

12. 050804. Chemchog Heruka, the wrathful manifestation of Samantabhadra and one of the wrathful deities of the Bardo Thodol in the Tibetan Book of the Dead. He has three faces, four legs, and six hands holding a vajra and bell, mirror and noose, and khatvanga and kapala, and is embracing his consort, who holds a kapala in her left hand. Carved relief on slate with polychrome and traces of gilt, Tibet, ca. 15-16th C., 48 x 36 cms.

13. 051014-1. A pair of panels from a mandorla, each with an elephant supporting a snow lion supporting a man mounted on a goat. Gilt copper repousse, Tibet, ca. 18th C., 20 x 8 cms.

14. 051014-2. Mask of a mythical horned animal, gilt copper repousse and polychrome, Tibet, ca. 18th C., 15 x 12 cms.

15. 051103. Thangka of Green Tara (Syamatara), floating in a cloud in a plain landscape with Buddha above and a small wrathful figure below wearing a tiger skin loin wrap and a human skin on his back and holding a sword and noose. Eastern Tibet, ca. 18th C., 44 x 28 cms. + brocades and curtain, bronze finials on lower rod.

16. 051205-3. Thangka of Kurukulle, Goddess of Power. She is dark red with one face, three eyes and four hands holding a floral bow and arrow, a hook and a noose and is surrounded by 22 Taras, each holding a long life vase and with a peaceful expression except one which is dark blue with a wrathful expression. Tibet, ca. 1800, 71 x 47 cms.

17. 060320. Standing Bodhisattva, wood with gilt pattern on robes, Tibet, ca. 17-18th C., 27.5 cms.

Latest Acquistions II

1. 060507. Thangka of Vajrabhairava and retinue, Tsong Khapa at top, Tibet, 18th C., 62.5 x 43.5 cms. + brocades.

2. 060530-03. Shakyamuni Buddha, bronze with copper inlaid robe, Tibet, ca. 15-16th C., 14.5 cms.

3. 060530-04. Citta patti, silvered and gilt copper repousse with inlaid stones, wood staff, traces of polychrome,
   Tibet, ca. 18th C., 33 cms.+ stand.

4. 060530-05. Ordos doe, cast silver,
   N. China, ca. 400-200 BCE, 10.5 x 7 cms.

5. 060530-07. Phurba, iron and bronze,
   Tibet, ca. 14th C., 32.5 cms.

6. 060530-11. Sarvabuddha Dakini, gilt bronze, inscribed on back of base, 'Om Om Om SarvaBuddha Dakini Ye Vajra Varnna Ni Ye vajra Vairocana Ye Hum Hum Hum Phat Phat Phat Sva.' Tibet, ca. 18th C., 16 cms., sealed.

7. 060530-13. Padmapani, bronze with traces of gilt,
   inlaid copper lips & silver eyes,
   Pala, India, ca. 10th C., 8.5 cms.

8. 060530-14. Small Buddha, gilt bronze,
   Tang, China, ca. 7-8th C., 6 cms.

070226-2. Syamatara (Green Tara), gilt bronze with turquoise inlay,
Tibet, ca. 15-16th C., 11.5 cms., sealed.

070226-4. The goddess Siddhalakshmi supported by Shiva, bronze,
Chamba, Himachal Pradesh, India, ca. 11th C., 12.5 cms.
See: Himalayas, Pal, pg 131, pl. 82.

070430. Small thangka with long life deities,
Amitayus at centre, Ushnishavijaya and Sitatara below,
Tibet, ca. 19th C., 32.5 x 25.5 cms.,
with cloth mount 60 x 38 cms.

070502-1. Thangka of the third Panchen Lama,
Lobsang Paldem Yeshe (1738-1780), seated on an elaborate throne holding a book and making the teaching mudra, above him are (l-r) Vajrabhairava, red Amitayus, an unknown lama and Tsongkhapa. Below are three mounted guardian deities. Below is an inscription stating:
He who holds the hat and who is the master of the white expanse and to Vajrabhairava, who is the master of the realms of desire, to the noble Lobsang Paldem Yeshe, I pay my homage. Blessings.
Tibet, pigments on cotton, 18-19th C.,
72.5 x 44.5 cms.+brocades.
Ex col. Paul Otto Taubert (1910-1983), Sydney.
See: Worlds of Tranformation, Rhie & Thurman, 1999,
pl. 134, pg. 368.
The High Road to China, Kate Teltscher, 2006, pl.6, Thangka of Panchen Lama from the American Museum of Natural History, NY, (AMNH70.2/1228)

070502-2. Buddha seated in a niche with columns
and triangular scrolling foliate panels above, black stone block, probably an architectural element,
Pala period, Bengal or Bihar, India, ca.10th C., 24 cms. high.
Ex col. Paul Otto Taubert (1910-1983), Sydney.

070502-5. The base of a miniature stupa with four Buddhas in niches to sides,
schist, Gandhara, 2nd-3rd C., 9 cms. high.
Ex col. Paul Otto Taubert (1910-1983), Sydney.

070525. Thangka of the Mandala of Vajrayogini, pigments on cotton,
Tibet, ca. 18th C., 31.4 x 32.1 cms. + frame, 50x50 cms.
See: Worlds of Transformation, Rhie & Thurman, 1999, pg. 440, pl. 175 for similar.

070526. Head of a monk, probably Shakyamuni's disciple, Ananda,
sandstone, China, Tang, ca. 8-9th C., 20 cms.

070529. The great Tibetan saint Milarepa (1040-1123) seated on a lotus base with his right hand to his ear as he sings poetic teachings. Gilt bronze, Tibet, ca. 16th C., 11.8 cms.

070606. Architectural shrine with central figure of standing
Padmapani with side panels of various dakinis and wrathful
deities, carved wood, some elements replaced.
Nepal, ca. 18-19th C., w.62 x h.43 cms.

070710-2. Stele in relief of a seated goddess with three heads,
probably Brahmani, consort of Brahma, sandstone,
Cham, Vietnam, 10-11th C., 15 cms.
See:
Cham Art, E. Guillon, London, 2001, pg. 139, pl. 133,
& pg. 160, pl. 168.
The Art of East Asia, G. Fahr-Becker edit., Cologne, 1999, pg.397.

071031. Jain figure of a Digambara Jina or saint
standing in Kayotsarga or body abandonment posture,
solid cast bronze, India, ca. 19th C., 22 cms.

 

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