A THANGKA OF SCENES FROM THE PAST LIVES OF SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA TIBET, 19TH CENTURYA THANGKA OF SCENES FROM THE PAST LIVES OF SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHATIBET, 19TH CENTURYDistemper on cloth; recto with gold Tibetan inscriptions identifying the stories within red panels throughout the landscape. Himalayan Art Resources item no. 74110 Image: 86 x 55.5 cm (33 7/8 x 21 7/8 in.); With silks: 143 x 86 cm (56 1/4 x 33 7/8 in.)西藏 十九世紀 釋迦牟尼佛源流唐卡Surrounding Shakyamuni at the center, this thangka depicts four jatakas from the 11th-century Avadanakalpalata by Kshemendra. These correspond to chapters 45 to 48, namely:(45) Ajatashatru's Treachery, the evil deeds of a king and the consequences(46) Kritajna Discovers the Power of Truth(47) The Trunks of the Sala Trees(48) Sarvarthasiddha's Visit to the Naga RealmTucci published thirty-one thangkas from this set in black and white that he collected on his expeditions to Tibet between 1926-48. A thangka from an earlier copy of this set is in the Rubin Museum of Art, New York (F1996.27.1; HAR 494) and another is in the Tibet House, New Delhi (HAR 72036). Derived from woodblock prints produced at Narthang monastery, two near-identical compositions from similar sets are held in the Palace Museum, Beijing, and formerly of the collection of Baron von Stael-Holstein, Beijing (see Zangchuan Fojiao, Tangka-Gugong Bowuyuan Cang Wenwu Zhenpin Quanji, 2006, p. 70, no. 61; and Gordon, The Iconography of Tibetan Lamaism, 1972, pl. 5; respectively). Also compare with an example sold at Bonhams, New York, 14 September 2015, lot 8. Published: Guiseppe Tucci, Tibetan Painted Scrolls, Volume III, Rome: La Libreria Della Stato, Roma, 1949, no. 114.Provenance: Guiseppe Tucci, Rome, by 1948Private New England Collection, acquired 1970s