A thanka of Vajrayogini
A thanka of Vajrayogini

EASTERN TIBET, CIRCA 1800

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A thanka of Vajrayogini
Eastern Tibet, circa 1800
Dancing on a prostrated figure before a flaming aureole, holding a chopper, skull cup and staff, with a billowing scarf around her shoulders and a garland of severed heads, surmounted by a small image of Vajradhara and figures of Tilopa, Naropa, Marpa and Milarepa seated on cloud scrolls and flanked by Sharmapa and Karmapa
20 x 14 in. (52 x 37.5 cm.)