A THANGKA OF VAJRABHAIRAVA
Tibet, 18th century
Depicting Vajrabhairava and his consort surrounded by thirteen guardian deities, below a Lama Tsongkhapa. The wrathful manifestation of Manjushri, here represented with seven heads on the first row and the remaining two stacked above, according to the Gelug school iconography, framed and glazed. 66cm (26in) high x 43cm (16 7/8in) wide
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十八世紀 藏傳大威德金剛唐卡
Compare with a similar example sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, August 2021, lot 18; and another one from Bonhams London, 11 May 2017, lot 40, from the Jogen-Schleiper Collection.
