Identifier
IM.413-1914
Collection
Technique
Depiction
Dimension
60 cm (height)
35.5 cm (width)
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Production place

Description

Tangka showing Tara; Religion, 15th century, Tibet Hanging temple picture-Tangka showing Tara, the Sakti of the Bodhisattva Avolokita, in Tantric Dakini form, four armed, three eyed, wearing the ornaments of a Bodhisattva and dancing ypon a male corpse. She holds the blood-skull-bowl (Kapala) and chopper (Gri.gug), magic wand (Khatvanga) and sword of wisdom (Ral.gri). At each corner is the Dakini Na.ro mk'a.spyod,ma, with chopper, skull-bowl and magic-wand. The pattern on the silk ground consnsits of rows of three of "the eight glorious emblems", i.e.Wheel (K'or.lo), the Lucky diagram (Dpal.be), and the Golden Fish (Gser.na).