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Palden Lhamo Sri Devi, Tibetan Buddhist art, Tibetan, painting thangka, depicting Goddess Palden Lhamo Tib. dpal ldan lha mo surrounded by acolytes: four demons, the guardian of heaven on a white lion holding an ichneumon in his left hand and an umbrella in his right — Kubera Skt. Vaishravana, Tib. rnam thos sras — and two zoocephalic dakinis: chu srin gdong ma Skt. Makaravaktra with the head of a Makara and seng ge'i gdong ma Skt. Simhavaktra with a lion head; iconography includes fire, flames, horses, skulls, demons, tantric Buddhist motifs, camels, fantastic creatures, wild boars, deer, lions, lotus throne, dharmapala. 19th century, Mongolia. Thangka scroll doublet; height 38 cm, width 31 cm., A richly detailed painted scene fills the image with a dominant central figure in dark blue surrounded by swirling flames and ornate patterns; the figure has multiple eyes and an elaborate headdress and sits astride a pale yellow horse. Around the central figure are several smaller figures, some with dark blue or black skin tones and expressive faces, and animals including horses and a pale deer-like creature. At the bottom center a seated figure in lighter skin tones rests on a lotus-like platform framed by green foliage and flanked by a bird and serpentine forms. The composition is dense with curling flame motifs in red, orange, and gold, against backgrounds of deep blue and green with cloud-like shapes in muted gray and olive. Accents of pink, yellow, and brown appear in garments, ornaments, and landscape elements, and a thin border in beige and reddish tones frames the whole image.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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Palden Lhamo Sri Devi Tibetan Buddhist art Tibetan painting thangka depicting Goddess Palden Lhamo Tib dpal ldan lha mo surrounded acolytes four demons guardian heaven white lion holding ichneumon left hand umbrella right Kubera Skt Vaishravana Tib rnam thos sras two zoocephalic dakinis chu srin gdong ma Skt Makaravaktra head Makara seng ge'i Simhavaktra lion head iconography includes fire flames horses skulls demons tantric Buddhist motifs camels fantastic creatures wild boars deer lions lotus throne dharmapala 19th century Mongolia Thangka scroll doublet height 38 cm width 31 cm richly detailed painted scene fills image dominant central figure dark blue surrounded swirling flames ornate patterns figure multiple eyes elaborate headdress sits astride pale yellow horse central figure several smaller figures dark blue black skin tones expressive faces animals pale deer- creature bottom center seated figure lighter skin tones rests lotus- platform framed green foliage flanked bird serpentine forms composition dense curling flame motifs red orange gold backgrounds deep blue green cloud- shapes muted gray olive Accents pink yellow brown garments ornaments landscape elements thin border beige reddish tones frames whole image.