A black ground thangka of Shri Devi Dorje Rabtenma

Description:

Tibet, around 1900
35 x 27,2 (60 x 41) cm, R.
In the centre the female tutelary deity seated on a horse, holding a sword in her right hand and a bowl in her left, dressed in an animal skin and adorned with various ornaments;The face is grim with deflated hair, nose and third eye, surmounted by a tiara with peacock feathers. Painting on a black ground in gold with little colour. Border in brocade.
Old and important German private collection, collected from the 1950s until 2007 - Minor signs of age, framed under glass