A THANGKA DEPICTING MERI Tibet, 16th Century

with eighteen arms, six legs, four wrathful faces and six animal heads with a khyung or wild ass above, wearing golden armour and holding a panoply of weapons and emblems, standing in pratyalidha asana on a lotus throne with khyung, horse, white deer, a black and a white kneeling figure, snow lion, red horned animal and tiger beneath, accompanied on the throne by Nele Sipe Gyalmo and Namkhe Ole, with the Ten Terrifying Ones to the sides, each with consort and two Messengers, the top two registers depicting the transmission lineage of the cult of Meri, and surrounded by the complete entourage of the tutelary Zhangzhung deity, with the Bon Protectors Sipai Gyalmo, Nyipangsai and Menmo below, an altar table to the left in the lower register with two lamas wearing the lotus cap flanking a high ecclesiastical dignitary wearing the serteb hat

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 73139.
34 7/8 by 30 1/4 in. (86 by 77 cm)