A large thangka depicting Panjaranata Mahakala

Description:

Tibet, 19th/ 20th cent.
103 x 111 / 163 x 147 cm
With a wrathful expression and two hands in which he holds Kartika and Kapala. A 'Gandhi'-stick resting on his forearms.
From the collection of the chemist, engineer and director of Merck & Co. Heinrich Georg Johann Harms (3.9.1906-28.6.1975) and his wife Eva Harms (10.11.1905-13.10.1998), largely collected in Shanghai between 1935 and 1942 - Slightly stained and worn