The two deities locked in embrace at center, she holding a skull cup aloft and dressed in beaded festoons, the face with the third eye gazing into his, he held a multitude of skull cups and dressed in a tiger skin, the various faces in different colours, standing on Brahma at left and Shiva at right, backed by an aureole of skulls and flames, with two forms of Vajrayogini below and Vajradhara flanked by two retinue figures above, all within a landscape populated with animals and with both lingam and stupas
Opaque pigments and gold on textile 21 x 16 in. (53.3 x 40.6 cm.)
Details
- Title : A thangka of Shri Hevajra and Vajra Nairatmya
- Classification : Thangka
- Country/ Geo-location : Nepal
- Period : 19th century
- Collection : Christies
- LOT : 130
- Price realised : USD 18,750
- Estimate : USD 8,000 - USD 12,000
- Provenance : The Jucker Collection, before 1999 *Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, acquired from Sotheby's, New York, 28 March 2008, lot 41
- Literature : H. Kreijger, Kathmandu Valley Painting: The Jucker Collection, 1999, p. 89, cat. no. 31