A THANGKA DEPICTING A MANDALA

Description:

Tibet, late 19th cent.
68.5 X 54 cm
The centre of the mandala is showing Yama with his sister Yami standing on the bull placed on the dais of the lotus at the centre of a square placed within a pavilion, its entrances guarded by protective deities, surrounded by scrolling tendrils en encircled by bands containing petals, flames and the eight cemeteries, the upper register with Amitanha flanked to both sides by lamas and the mahasiddha Birvapa and the lower section with Sadbhujamahakala and Caturbhujamahakala, the reverse with several mantra groups ‘aum ah hum’, in brocade mounting.
Southern German private collection - Wear, traces of age