A THANGKA OF ARHATS PATANKA AND ABHEDATIBET, 19TH CENTURY
Distemper on cloth; recto with gold paint Tibetan inscriptions identifying the figures, verso with "om, ah, hum" incantations behind each figure in black ink.
Himalayan Art Resources item no.16728
Image: 58 x 39.5 cm (22 3/4 x 15 1/2 in.);
With silks: 120 x 75 cm. (47 1/4 x 29 1/2 in.)注脚This finely executed painting is part of a seven-thangka set depicting Shakyamuni Buddha and the Sixteen Great Arhats. With green Tara enthroned above, Patanka appears on the right holding a manuscript beneath a fruit-filled tree, while Abheda holds a stupa on the left. Below them, Amitayus emerges from a vessel held by the attendant Dharmatala, while Virupaksha and Vaishravana complete the composition at the bottom. Compare with a similar painting of the same subject sold at Christie's, New York, 15 September 2015, lot 118.

Provenance
Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Graham F. Blandy, Virginia, by 1939
Thence by descent to the present owner


半託迦與阿秘特尊者唐卡
西藏，十九世紀
布本設色；正面有金色藏文題記指明人物身份；背面在每人物對應位置題寫墨色「嗡 阿 哞」咒。
喜馬拉雅藝術資源網16728號
畫心：58 x 39.5釐米（22 3/4 x 15 1/2英吋）；
裝裱：120 x 75釐米（47 1/4 x 29 1/2英吋）

35,000-45,000港幣

這幅筆法細膩的唐卡出自一組描繪釋迦牟尼與十六羅漢的七張呈堂唐卡。畫面上方為綠度母端坐寶座，其下半託迦尊者手持經卷，出現在畫面右側花果滿綴的樹下，而阿秘特尊者則手持佛塔，位於左側。畫面下方，無量壽佛自居士達摩多羅所持容器中現身，而西方廣目天王與北方多聞天王則構成了畫面最底端的圖像。可與一件佳士得售出之同題材的近似作品相比較（佳士得，紐約，2015年9月15日，拍品118）。

來源
Graham F. Blandy伉儷珍藏，弗吉尼亞，1939年或以前入藏
後由家族傳承