A blackground thangka of Vajrabhairava
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A blackground thangka of Vajrabhairava

TIBET, 17TH/18TH CENTURY

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A blackground thangka of Vajrabhairava
Tibet, 17th/18th Century
With the deity striding in alidhasana over several animal mounts at center, holding a chopper and skull cup in his primary hands before him, with multiple arms radiating around him and holding weapons, adorned with a garland of severed heads and with a snake wrapped around his body, the central face in the form in the form of a bull, the mouth open with fangs bared, flanked by several faces, all in wrathful human form, within a torana with Garuda at top
33¾ x 22½ in. (85.7 x 57.2 cm.)

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