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A thangka of Sitapatra
TIBET, 18TH CENTURY
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A thangka of Sitapatra
Tibet, 18th Century
The meditational deity Sitapatra at center, her principle arms radiating around her and holding various implements, the faces all wrathful, backed by a nimbus formed from small faces and a flaming aureole of smaller hands, with the 'Seven Buddhas of this Age' above, with ten additional Buddhas at top left and right, with the 'Three Mahakala Brothers' at bottom
29½ x 19¾ in. (74.9 x 50.2 cm.)
Tibet, 18th Century
The meditational deity Sitapatra at center, her principle arms radiating around her and holding various implements, the faces all wrathful, backed by a nimbus formed from small faces and a flaming aureole of smaller hands, with the 'Seven Buddhas of this Age' above, with ten additional Buddhas at top left and right, with the 'Three Mahakala Brothers' at bottom
29½ x 19¾ in. (74.9 x 50.2 cm.)
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