A TIBETAN THANG-KA DEPICTING YAMANTAKA, standing in pratyalidhasana on various reclining figures, on a lotus, his many arms radiating around his body and holding his specific attributes, wearing the dharmapala-attributes, a flaming aureol behind, Tshong-kha-pa flanked by his two disciples above, Maitreya and Amitabha in upper corners, Mahakala and Yama below, in mountainous landscape, the reverse with mantras in red Vartula script, in brocate mounting, circa A.D. 1900

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A TIBETAN THANG-KA DEPICTING YAMANTAKA, standing in pratyalidhasana on various reclining figures, on a lotus, his many arms radiating around his body and holding his specific attributes, wearing the dharmapala-attributes, a flaming aureol behind, Tshong-kha-pa flanked by his two disciples above, Maitreya and Amitabha in upper corners, Mahakala and Yama below, in mountainous landscape, the reverse with mantras in red Vartula script, in brocate mounting, circa A.D. 1900
65 x 45 cm

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