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TIBET, DEBUT DU XIXEME SIECLE
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RARE THANGKA REPRESENTANT UN HERUKA
TIBET, DEBUT DU XIXEME SIECLE
The Heruka figure embraces his consort and stands in alidhasana on a lotus base with his six hands holding prescribed attributes. He wears a tiger skirt, a floating scarf and is bejewelled. His triple face displays each a wrathful expression. His consort offers him a blood-filled kapala and embraces him with her right arm. Above him is Samantabhadra with his consort and he is surrounded by a myriad of deities belonging to his retinue.
51 ½ X 32 ½ in. (131 x 82.5 cm.)
TIBET, DEBUT DU XIXEME SIECLE
The Heruka figure embraces his consort and stands in alidhasana on a lotus base with his six hands holding prescribed attributes. He wears a tiger skirt, a floating scarf and is bejewelled. His triple face displays each a wrathful expression. His consort offers him a blood-filled kapala and embraces him with her right arm. Above him is Samantabhadra with his consort and he is surrounded by a myriad of deities belonging to his retinue.
51 ½ X 32 ½ in. (131 x 82.5 cm.)
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A RARE THANGKA DEPICTING A HERUKA FIGURE EMBRACING HIS CONSORT
TIBET, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
TIBET, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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