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TIBET, 19TH/20TH CENTURY
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A blackground painting of Mahakala
Tibet, 19th/20th Century
Striding in alidhasana on prostrate Ganapati over a lotus base, holding a curved knife and skull cup in his principle hands and a damaru, skull mala, trident, lasso, and elephant skin in the others, clad in a tiger skin and adorned with a garland of severed heads, the face with bared fangs and bulging eyes surmounted by a skull tiara, the hair rising in waves and supporting a vajra and serpent, backed by an aureole of flames, with Shadakshari Lokeshvara at top center flanked by dancing dakinis, and Shri Devi at bottom center flanked by Kshetrapala and another protector deity
24¼ x 16½ in. (54 x 42 cm.)
Tibet, 19th/20th Century
Striding in alidhasana on prostrate Ganapati over a lotus base, holding a curved knife and skull cup in his principle hands and a damaru, skull mala, trident, lasso, and elephant skin in the others, clad in a tiger skin and adorned with a garland of severed heads, the face with bared fangs and bulging eyes surmounted by a skull tiara, the hair rising in waves and supporting a vajra and serpent, backed by an aureole of flames, with Shadakshari Lokeshvara at top center flanked by dancing dakinis, and Shri Devi at bottom center flanked by Kshetrapala and another protector deity
24¼ x 16½ in. (54 x 42 cm.)
Provenance
George P. Bickford Collection, Cleveland
Private collection, New York, by inheritance
Private collection, New York, by inheritance
Literature
Himalayan Art Resources (himalayanart.org), item no. 23403