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A RARE THANGKA OF GANAPATI The central deity depicted in red with twelve Ganapati, or the Red Lord of Hosts, is a wealth
China, 18th/19th century arms and an elephant face with sharp tusks deity from the Terma Tradition of the Nyingma
Distemper on silk, below the hair tied in a topknot and framed by School of Tibetan Buddhism. In the current
55cmx50cm (21 6/8in x 19 5/8in); with silk an elaborate crown surmounted by a wishing- form, with one head and twelve arms, the deity
mount 96cm x 73cm (37 6/8in x 28 6/8in). gem, wearing elaborate jewellery and a loose is identified as Maharakta, a Tantric Buddhist
garment below the waist, holding a pestle form related to the Chakrasamvara Cycle of
and a skullcup in his primary hands, the other Tantras. Together with Kurukulla and Takkiraja,
£8,000 - 12,000 holding axes, arrows, drums and katvanga. the deity forms a group known as Three Great
CNY71,000 - 110,000 Flanking the central deity are Vaishravana and Red Deities, which are in turn part of a larger
Vasudhara, both riding lions and holding a set known as ‘The Thirteen Golden Dharmas’
十八/十九世紀 彩繪象頭神唐卡 mongoose. Further above are Bhairava and of Sakya. The narratives relating to the cult of
Dakini, and on the lower left register are the Maharakta relate how Avalokiteshvara, after
Provenance: a European private collection three Pishaci sisters, holding wealth vases killing the Shaiva Hindu Ganesha, proceeded to
and jewels, opposite Pita Jambhala, yellow in
cut off the elephant head and then placed it on
colour, holding a bowl of bijapuraka fruit in the top of his own, thus taking on the appearance
來源：歐洲私人收藏 right hand and a mongoose in the left. of the defeated ‘evil’ Ganesha.

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