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  Lot 406
 

A LARGE TIBETAN THANGKA OF YAMA DHAMARAJA.

A LARGE TIBETAN THANGKA OF YAMA DHAMARAJA.

Tibet, 19th Century or earlier.

Tempera on canvas, Yama Dhamaraja standing on a bull annihilating a human figure symbolising death, surrounded by flames he shares a kapala with his consort Chamundi, with three lamas above them and five tutelary deities beneath the throne, framed, 96 x 56.5cm.

Provenance: Property from a Private English Collection, predominantly assembled in the 1970s and 1980s.

西藏十九世紀或更早 繪閻羅法王像唐卡

來源:英國私人收藏,大部分藏品得於1970 - 80年間。

Yama Dhamaraja originates in the Vajrabhairava Tantra, a holy text revered by several Buddhist orders, he is believed to help the followers abandon the fear of death obstructing their way to Enlightenment.

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