19TH CENTURY
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a tibetan thang.ka depicting mahasriheruka
19th century
The six-armed and four legged Heruka standing in alidhasana with his female partner on a lotus base, his hands radiating around his body holding the prescribed attributes, his three faces with fierceful expression, wings behind, surrounded by the other five Herukas, the upper border with Samantabhadra, flanked by Padmasambhava and Vajrasattva, the rest of the field with divinities from the stage between death and rebirth, in spherical landscape
80 x 58 cm
19th century
The six-armed and four legged Heruka standing in alidhasana with his female partner on a lotus base, his hands radiating around his body holding the prescribed attributes, his three faces with fierceful expression, wings behind, surrounded by the other five Herukas, the upper border with Samantabhadra, flanked by Padmasambhava and Vajrasattva, the rest of the field with divinities from the stage between death and rebirth, in spherical landscape
80 x 58 cm
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