A PAUBHA OF VIKRAM SHAHI (R. 1602-1631), KING OF JUMLA...
A PAUBHA OF VIKRAM SHAHI (R. 1602-1631), KING OF JUMLA
NEPAL, DATED SAMVAT 1530 (1609 CE)
Distemper and gold on cloth, inscribed in black ink in Nepali/Devanagari script along the top and sides and Tibetan/Ume (running) script along the lower border, translated:
From Devanagari: Om! Let it be well! In the year 1530 of the Shaka era, in the month of Phālguṇ, on the 25th solar day, on Monday (2 March, 1609). Śrī Rājā Vikrama Sāhi, (his) queens Agrāvati (and) Samudrāvati; (and) 3 princes Viśeka Śāhi, Hari Śāhi (and) Badrī Śāhi.
From U-me: King Vikram Shahi and (his) Princes gave (give?) protection to Lama Yonten Gyaltsen from Nepalese (Mon) and Tibetan (bod) side for his spiritual and family lineage. Anyone would be punished if they broke the order … Minister Vajra Malla and Kale Badra (Bahadur?) both were present. Triple Gems are the refuge. May it be auspicious.
Image: 15 x 11 in. (38 x 28 cm.)
With silks: 23 5⁄8 x 13 in. (60 x 33 cm.)
Provenance
Spink & Son, Ltd., London, 1992
Simon Digby (1932-2010), London
John Siudmak, 2011
Private Collection
Literature
Deborah Ashencaen and Gennady Leonov, Tibetan Art at Spink, London, 1992, no. 33.
John Siudmak, Indian and Himalayan Sculpture and Thangkas from the Collection of Simon Digby, New York, 2011, p. 60, no. 29.
Ian. Alsop, Kashinath. Tamot and Punya Prasad Parajuli, "In the Khasa Malla Tradition: A Thangka of Vikram Shahi (r. 1602-1631) King of Jumla," Asianart.com, April 20, 2021.
Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 25315.
A PAUBHA OF VIKRAM SHAHI (R. 1602-1631), KING OF JUMLA
NEPAL, DATED SAMVAT 1530 (1609 CE)
Distemper and gold on cloth, inscribed in black ink in Nepali/Devanagari script along the top and sides and Tibetan/Ume (running) script along the lower border, translated:
From Devanagari: Om! Let it be well! In the year 1530 of the Shaka era, in the month of Phālguṇ, on the 25th solar day, on Monday (2 March, 1609). Śrī Rājā Vikrama Sāhi, (his) queens Agrāvati (and) Samudrāvati; (and) 3 princes Viśeka Śāhi, Hari Śāhi (and) Badrī Śāhi.
From U-me: King Vikram Shahi and (his) Princes gave (give?) protection to Lama Yonten Gyaltsen from Nepalese (Mon) and Tibetan (bod) side for his spiritual and family lineage. Anyone would be punished if they broke the order … Minister Vajra Malla and Kale Badra (Bahadur?) both were present. Triple Gems are the refuge. May it be auspicious.
Image: 15 x 11 in. (38 x 28 cm.)
With silks: 23 5⁄8 x 13 in. (60 x 33 cm.)
Provenance
Spink & Son, Ltd., London, 1992
Simon Digby (1932-2010), London
John Siudmak, 2011
Private Collection
Literature
Deborah Ashencaen and Gennady Leonov, Tibetan Art at Spink, London, 1992, no. 33.
John Siudmak, Indian and Himalayan Sculpture and Thangkas from the Collection of Simon Digby, New York, 2011, p. 60, no. 29.
Ian. Alsop, Kashinath. Tamot and Punya Prasad Parajuli, "In the Khasa Malla Tradition: A Thangka of Vikram Shahi (r. 1602-1631) King of Jumla," Asianart.com, April 20, 2021.
Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 25315.
