TANGKA À FOND NOIR REPRÉSENTANT LES OFFRANDES DE TORMA TIBET, XVIIIE SIÈCLETANGKA À FOND NOIR REPRÉSENTANT LES OFFRANDES DE TORMATIBET, XVIIIE SIÈCLE Himalayan Art Resources item no. 205088 Image (sight): 57.3 x 37 cm (22 1/2 x 14 5/8 in.);Framed and glazed: 71.5 x 49.5 cm (28 1/8 x 19 1/2 in.) A BLACK GROUND THANGKA OF TORMA OFFERINGS TIBET, 18TH CENTURY 西藏 十八世紀 朶瑪供施黑唐卡This elaborate thangka (kangdze) depicts a torma offering in gold and gradated red pigment accompanied by various ritual objects and a retinue of wild animals, including a makara-faced dragon floating above a bed of clouds within the painting's upper register. Based on its iconography, the present work likely decorated the wall of a gonkhang, or a protector chapel, in possible dedication to a form of Paldhen Lhamo known as Magzor Gyalpo. Compare the composition of the following work to a painting in the Rubin Museum of Art (F1998.10.2; HAR 639), and another offering painting illustrated on black ground (HAR 4304).Provenance:Ashencaen and Leonov, London, 2000s