18TH CENTURY
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an east tibetan black background thangka depicting mahakala
18th century
Seated on a lotus, wearing dharmapala ornaments and a five-skull crown surmounted by waving hair, his raised right hand holding the khadga, his left holding the khatvanga, in his principal hands karttrika and kapala, surrounded by flames, in the upper part two lamas flanking Vajradhara, silk brocate mounting
44 x 30 cm
18th century
Seated on a lotus, wearing dharmapala ornaments and a five-skull crown surmounted by waving hair, his raised right hand holding the khadga, his left holding the khatvanga, in his principal hands karttrika and kapala, surrounded by flames, in the upper part two lamas flanking Vajradhara, silk brocate mounting
44 x 30 cm