A Thanka of Guru Drakpoche
A Thanka of Guru Drakpoche

TIBET, 18TH CENTURY

细节
A Thanka of Guru Drakpoche
Tibet, 18th Century
The central figure with three heads, six arms, four feet and outstretched wings holding an axe, a vajra, a skull cup, and a scorpion figure, embracing his consort painted in blue with both of them stamping on prostrated figures over a lotus pedestal with numerous smaller Dakinis and Dharmapalas standing in multicolored niches surrounding them, centered by a Garuda surmounted by Amitabha above
36 x 22 in. (91.5 x 56 cm.)

拍品专文

M. Rhie and R. Thurman (Wisdom and Compassion, 1996, p. 197) refer to Guru Drakpoche as a Heruka form of one of the eight manifestations of Padmasambhava.