Wrathful Offerings

肃火斤

附件01.

Mongolia

1700 - 1799

Buddhist Lineage

46.99x34.93cm (18.50x13.75in)

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

Wrathful Offerings (Tibetan: kang dze) to the Six-handed Great Black One (Tib.: gon po chag drug pa. Sanskrit: Shadbhuja Mahakala). Displaying all the wrathful hand objects, vestments, attire and offerings that are special to Mahakala.

Located at the upper middle above a pink lotus, orange sun disc and white prone figure of Ganesh are the hand objects, garments and ornaments of the Six-handed Mahakala. In the middle is the curved knife and skullcup that are held in the first pair of hands. Surrounding that is the garland of fresh human heads, bracelets, crown of five dry skulls with red ribbons and earrings. As a backdrop are the elephant hide and long dark scarf. At the left are the remaining hand objects, a garland of skulls and a damaru hand drum; on the right a trident and lasso.

In a black bowl at the left side are the Eight Auspicious Symbols. In a bowl on the right are the Seven Jewels of Royalty. Along the top, in place of an ornate latticework and looped garlands, are hanging human skins, dangling hearts and white skulls with loops of red intestine from mouth to mouth. Below that is a flock of 13 black birds swooping and soaring with gore hanging from their beaks.

At the sides of the lotus seat are two skullcups of wrathful offerings. Below is a large pink triangular torma (stylized food) offering. Various horn instruments and weapons; spears, lances, swords, shields and the like stand at the sides, upright, leaning against a red railing. Below that is an assortment of animal pelts and hides. At the lower center is a representation of the celestial palace and below that the garb of a warrior surrounded by various instruments used to perform the worship of the wrathful protector. Surrounding all of that are wild animals, black horses, black yaks and black wolves, some as offerings and others as messengers and attendants to the protector.

These types of paintings would commonly hang in the smaller Protector temples of monasteries and represent an offering of all the symbols of a specific deity.

肃火斤

附件02.

Mongolia

1800 - 1899

Gelug and Buddhist Lineages

68.58x156.21cm (27x61.50in)

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

Wrathful Offerings (Tibetan: kang dze) for the important protectors of the Gelugpa School. An array of various fearsome symbols representing objects that are suitable for offering up to the wrathful deities and protectors.

肃火斤

附件03.

Torma: offerings made in the image of blood and flesh for the wrathful deities.

Tibet

1800 - 1899

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

肃火斤

附件04.
Eastern Tibet

1700 - 1799

Buddhist Lineage

66.68x25.40cm (26.25x10in)

Ground: Textile Image

   (Embroidery)

Collection of John and Berthe Ford

肃火斤

附件05.

Tibet

1800 - 1899

Gelug and Buddhist Lineages

Ground Mineral Pigment, Black Background on Silk

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

Wrathful Offerings (Tibetan: kang dze) to the Six-handed Great Black One (Tib.: gon po chag drug pa. Sanskrit: Shadbhuja Mahakala). Displaying all the wrathful hand objects, vestments, attire and offerings that are special to Mahakala.

At the top center is the fierce meditational deity Vajrabhairava. At the left is Shadbhuja Mahakala with one face and six hands. At the right is Chaturbhuja Mahakala with one face and four hands. In the middle below those is the circle representing the Indian Buddhist world system, Mount Sumeru and the four continents. Surrounding the world sphere are eight small circles containg the Eight Auspicious Symbols. At the sides and below are wrathful offerings of weapons, skullcups filled with offerings, animal skins and hides, along with various musical instruments. At the lower center is the Chinese god of war, Guan Yu surrounded on both sides by black horses, dogs and sheep.

These types of paintings would commonly hang in the smaller Protector temples of monasteries and represent an offering of all the symbols of a specific deity.

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肃火斤

附件06.

Wrathful Offerings (Tibetan: kang dze) for the protector Panjarnata Mahakala. An array of various symbols representing objects that are suitable for offing up to the deity.

Tibet

1800 - 1899

Sakya Lineage

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art

(此主题,图贴完).

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原帖由 肃火斤 于 2010-7-27 12:54 发表
附件02.

Mongolia

1800 - 1899

Gelug and Buddhist Lineages

68.58x156.21cm (27x61.50in)

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

Wrathful Offerings (Tibetan ...

挺好的图，为什么要拆开来发？？？   哎！！！

肃火斤

不是拆开来发.原图有JAVA功能,局部图而已.

cfoxen

感谢师兄分享:victory: