Lot 75
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A Black Ground Thangka of Dorje Rabtenma
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A Black Ground Thangka of Dorje Rabtenma

TIBET, 18TH CENTURY

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A Black Ground Thangka of Dorje Rabtenma
Tibet, 18th Century
The wrathful goddess painted in red seated on her mule mount brandishing a scorpion-handled sword and holding a skullcup and mongoose to her chest wearing the full moon in her headdress and the sun at her navel and ensconced in an aureole of flames, she is led by her naked attendant with a snake tether over a sea of blood surrounded by various dancing deities and protectors with offerings placed before her, and above a depiction of Padmasambhava flanked by two monks, with finely painted details highlighted in gold
29 7/8 x 20½ in. (75.8 x 52 cm.)
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Lot Essay

Dorje Rabtenma is a form of Shri Devi originating in the Nyingmapa tradition though she was also the special protector for Buton Rinchen Drup Thamche Khyenpa (1290-1364), the founder of the Bulug-Shalu sub-school of Sakya and was subsequently worshipped by the Shalupa and Tsarpa sub-schools of Sakya.

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