A THANGKA DEPICTING GUHYASAMAJA Tibet, 15th Century

A THANGKA DEPICTING GUHYASAMAJA Tibet, 15th Century

the dark blue three-headed and six-armed deity in union with his three-headed and six-armed light blue consort Sparshavajri, each holding the same array of ritual implements including vajra, ghanta, padma, chakra and khadga, wearing golden jewellery and seated on a lotus throne within a trilobate arch of flaming ratna, with Vajradhara in the upper register to the left, together with Acharya Nagarjuna, Indian pandita and mahasiddha, and Tibetan monks, six-armed retinue deities together with the Eight Great Bodhisattvas in the side registers, with ten six-armed krodha in pratyalidha below including Yamantaka, Prajnadrika, Hayagriva, Vighnantaka, Acala, Takkiraja, Niladanda, Mahakala, Chakravarti and Sumbharava, and Hindu deities as guardians in the lower register, including Indra on the elephant vahana Airavata, Vishnu, Agni, Yama, Nairrita, Varuna, Vayu, Kubera, Ganesha, Ishana, Surya, Chandra and Prithvi

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 202997.
41 1/4 by 35 1/2 in. (105 by 90 cm)

Provenance:
“The Circle of Bliss: Buddhist Meditational Art”, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5 October-11 January 2003; and Columbus Museum of Art, 6 February-9 May 2004.

“Goddess: Divine Energy”, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 13 October-28 January 2006.