A Thangka depicting Cakrasamvara with Prajna

Description:

Tibet, late 19th/ early 20th century
70x 47,9 cm / 123 x 73 cm
Depicted in tantric unity. In the upper picture plane are the Adibuddha Vajradhara with two Siddhas, followed by two Dakinis, the two forms of Tara and finally in the lower picture plane the protective deities Yama, Mahakala and Lhamo. Brocade mounts.
From a South German private collection, acquired around 1975 from Schoettle Ostasiatica - Published: Tibetica 29, no. 8646 with illustration - Wear, traces of age