A THANGKA DEPICTING SHYAMATARA TIBETO-CHINESE, 17TH / 18TH CENTURY

the bodhisattva Shyamatara seated in lalitasana on a lotus throne, holding a lotus in the raised left hand and the right hand extended in varada mudra, the throne with precious offerings and ornamented with playful snowlions, with a figure of fierce Vajravogini in front holding a kartrika in the left hand and raising a kapala to her mouth with the right hand, all surrounded by a multitude of emanations of the goddess Tara and surmounted by Amitabha seated on a red lotus within a rainbow halo



Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13103.