Bidspirit auction | TIBETAN TANGKA DEPICTING YAMANTAKA

TIBETAN TANGKA DEPICTING YAMANTAKA - Ca. 19th century AD > A Tibetan thangka depicting Yamantaka in union with his consort, the multi-armed figure framed by a flaming aureole and surrounded by subsidiary deities. Mounted within contrasting textile borders.Yamantaka, the Conqueror of Death, is a wrathful Buddhist deity closely associated with Manjushri, the embodiment of wisdom. His terrifying appearance confronts death and ignorance; in tantric practice, this imagery expresses their defeat through awakened understanding. The union with a consort signifies complementary aspects of enlightenment. >>Size: 1280mm x 775mm; Weight: 380g > Provenance: Private London Collection; Ex. Private UK Collection. >>