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TIBET, 18TH CENTURY
Details
A black ground thangka of a protector deity
Tibet, 18th century
Seated on a horse and holding a spear and khatvanga in his outstretched hands, dressed in a billowing robe and equipped with a sword, bow and quiver, the wrathful face with bared fangs, bulging eyes and flaming brows surmounted by a skull tiara, backed by an aureole of flames, with Vajrapani above on a lotus base and diminutive attendants on horseback below, a red female deity leading the horse by its reins and a small elephant at right
24¾ x 15½ in. (62.8 x 39.4 cm.)
Tibet, 18th century
Seated on a horse and holding a spear and khatvanga in his outstretched hands, dressed in a billowing robe and equipped with a sword, bow and quiver, the wrathful face with bared fangs, bulging eyes and flaming brows surmounted by a skull tiara, backed by an aureole of flames, with Vajrapani above on a lotus base and diminutive attendants on horseback below, a red female deity leading the horse by its reins and a small elephant at right
24¾ x 15½ in. (62.8 x 39.4 cm.)
Provenance
Private Collection, Europe, acquired from Sotheby's, New York, 22 March 1989, lot 372
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