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Two black ground thangkas of Shadbhuja Mahakala and Vajrabhairava
32 Tibet, circa 18th century
32 | Bonhams Distemper on cloth; both finely painted, very fierce, and ablaze;
Shadbhuja Mahakala standing on Vinayaka holding a chopper to the
scented skull cup in his primary hands surrounded by wrathful and
tutelary deities; Vajrabhairava standing on a multitude of gods, animals,
and humans, embraced with his consort and placing the chopper to the
skullcup, with many heads and radiating arms holding many attributes.
Mahakala: Irregular, 33 1/2 x 24 3/8 in. (85.1 x 61.99 cm)
Vajrabhairava: Irregular, 29 x 24 3/8 in. (73.7 x 61.99 cm)
$2,000 - 3,000

Provenance:
Property from the Hunter Museum of American Art sold to benefit future
acquisitions, 1955-2013
Gift of Ely Jacques Kahn 1955

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A black ground thangka of a wrathful deity
Tibet, 19th century
Distemper on cloth; holding a purbha and kapala in his outstretched
arms and wearing a tiger skin and crown of dried-skulls, immersed in
flames and with Rahula in the bottom right corner and another retinue
figure in the left.
Image: 24 1/2 x 17 3/4 in. (62.3 x 45 cm)
$2,000 - 3,000