A THANGKA DEPICTING SHRI DEVI TIBET, 17TH/18TH CENTURY |

Red Remati riding a mule across a sea of blood, Makaramukha leading the mule to the left, with Simhamukha to the right, surrounded by the Five Long Life Sisters, with Tashi Tseringma riding a snow lion below, together with Miyo Lozangma on a tiger above, with Ting Gyi Shal Zangma, Tekar Drozangma and Chopen Drinzangma, and Padmasambhava seated above flanked by the sun and moon, all set in a flame and smoke-filled black ground Himalayan Art Resources item no. 77103.

Wisdom Publications Calendar, illus., Somerville, 1993, November.

Good overall condition. Framed in silk mount. Some surface abrasions, wear to pigment and minor water staining throughout. 1.5 mm tear below lama at upper center, stable. .25 mm tear at hair of central figure. Pinhole at proper right shoulder. Silk mount sen onto board, verso not examined.
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Compare a Shri Devi thangka formerly in the Jucker Collection, see Sotheby’s New York, 28 March 2006, lot 111.