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TIBET, 18TH CENTURY
Details
A painting of Vajrayogini
Tibet, 18th century
Dancing on a disc over a prostrate figure and lotus base, holding a curved knife in her right hand and skull cup in her left with a khatvanga in the crook of her arm, the face ferocious surmounted by a skull tiara and backed by a flaming aureole, surrounded by dancing dakinis, with the lineage figures Vajradhara, Tilopa, Naropa, Marpa, Milarepa and Gampopa seated on clouds at top and Tashi Tseringma at bottom center
22 x 14¾ in. (55.9 x 37.4 cm.), framed
Tibet, 18th century
Dancing on a disc over a prostrate figure and lotus base, holding a curved knife in her right hand and skull cup in her left with a khatvanga in the crook of her arm, the face ferocious surmounted by a skull tiara and backed by a flaming aureole, surrounded by dancing dakinis, with the lineage figures Vajradhara, Tilopa, Naropa, Marpa, Milarepa and Gampopa seated on clouds at top and Tashi Tseringma at bottom center
22 x 14¾ in. (55.9 x 37.4 cm.), framed
Literature
Himalayan Art Resources (himalayanart.org), item no. 30549
Exhibited
Journey to Tibet, Lotusland, Montecito, California, 26 July 1998
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