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A black ground thangka of Red Simhamukha
Tibet, 19th century

18 September 2013, 10:00 EDT
New York

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A black ground thangka of Red Simhamukha

Tibet, 19th century
Distemper on cloth; The red dakini with the right hand upraised holding a curved-knife marked with a vajra, the left with a blood filled kapala to the heart, and carrying a khatvanga staff in the bend of the left elbow, adorned with a dry skull crown and a severed-head necklace, she dances on a prone naked figure, around her are Padmasambhava and his wives in the upper register with Nyingma lineage hierarchs, four tutelary forms of Simhamukha and other protector deities, and possibly Vaishravana with his consort at bottom center.
Image: 23 5/8 x 16 3/8 in. (60 x 41.7 cm)

Footnotes

For closely related compositions held in the Erie Art Museum and the Rubin Museum of Art, see Himalayan Art Resource, HAR#91040 & HAR#635. The figure at bottom center with his consort riding the white snow lion and flanked by an attendant dumping precious jewels from tiger and leopard skin sacks is possibly Vaishravana in his aspect as guardian of the Terma (Revealed Treasure) text from which this form of Simhamukha arises.

Provenance:
Private Southwest Collection

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