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A VAJRAYOGINI MANDALA At the top left is Mahasiddha Naropa and top right is the Buddha
EASTERN TIBET, 18TH CENTURY Vira Vajradharma. The bottom left corner depicts Shri Shmashana
Distemper on cloth.
Himalayan Art Resources item no.61580 Adhipati, the two dancing skeletons. A kneeling donor is in the bottom
33.7 x 33.7 cm (13 1/4 x 13 1/4 in.) right.

HKD40,000 - 60,000 Two related examples are published in Huntington & Bangdel, The
Circle of Bliss, Chicago, 2003. p.392, no.119 and Rhie & Thurman,
藏東 十八世紀 金剛瑜伽母壇城 Worlds of Transformation, New York, 1999, p.440, no.175.

This distinctive mandala is composed of fine brushstrokes and Provenance
ingenious configurations. At the core, Vajrayogini appears within a Rossi & Rossi Ltd., London
Private European Collection
scarlet six-pointed star, representing her womb as a source of great
bliss. It appears at the center of a complementary, forest-green circle
of scrolling vines. Vignettes around it depict the eight charnel grounds
protected within the silhouette of a cosmic visvavajra and encircling
fire. A bone parasol surmounts the entirety.

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