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TIBET, CIRCA 19TH CENTURY
Details
A painting of Hayagriva
Tibet, circa 19th century
Striding in alidhasana on snakes over a lotus blossom, holding various implements in his outstretched hands, clad in a tiger skin and adorned with a garland of severed heads, the ferocious faces with bared fangs and bulging eyes, the hair rising in waves with three emerging horseheads, backed by an aureole of flames, with Tsongkhapa at top flanked by his disciples Khedrup and Gyaltsab and Pehar below flanked by Hayagriva Heruka and White Jambhala, set within a mountainous landscape
23½ x 15 7/8 in. (59.7 x 40.3 cm.)
Tibet, circa 19th century
Striding in alidhasana on snakes over a lotus blossom, holding various implements in his outstretched hands, clad in a tiger skin and adorned with a garland of severed heads, the ferocious faces with bared fangs and bulging eyes, the hair rising in waves with three emerging horseheads, backed by an aureole of flames, with Tsongkhapa at top flanked by his disciples Khedrup and Gyaltsab and Pehar below flanked by Hayagriva Heruka and White Jambhala, set within a mountainous landscape
23½ x 15 7/8 in. (59.7 x 40.3 cm.)
Provenance
Private collection, California
Literature
Himalayan Art Resources (himalayanart.org), item no. 23381
Exhibited
Journey to Tibet, Lotusland, Montecito, California, 26 July 1998