AN EXCEPTIONAL THANGKA OF VAJRABHAIRAVA OF KARMA KARGYU SCHOOL 十九世紀 藏傳大威德金剛黑唐卡 Tibet,

AN EXCEPTIONAL THANGKA OF VAJRABHAIRAVA OF KARMA KARGYU SCHOOL十九世紀 藏傳大威德金剛黑唐卡Tibet, 19th centuryThe fierce manifestation of Manjushri, with nine faces, the central one of a buffalo, with thirty-four hands and sixteen legs, standing in pratyalidhasana over a prone man and animals before an aureole of coiling flames with bright red and golden hues. Distemper on cloth; mounted with modern silks.Size (painting): 88 x 64cmVajrabhairava is a principal meditational deity (yidam) and the wrathful manifestation of Manjushri. According to Buddhist mythology, the bodhisattva of wisdom transformed into this terrifying, bull-headed deity to destroy Yama, the Lord of Death.