Gonpo or Mahakala (above); below (left) a necromancer and (right) the goddess Magzor Palden Lhamo riding on a mule. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.

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43769i
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Description

Palden Lhamo: Sanskrit Sri Devi

Publication/Creation

[Tibet]

Physical description

1 painting : distemper on linen ; distemper 36.7 x 31 cm

Lettering

Typed label attached to mount: "Gon-po. (Skt Mahakala.) Standing on prostrate human bodies with Paldan-Lhamo and a red-hat necromancer below."

References note

Not in: Marianne Winder, Catalogue of Tibetan manuscripts and xylographs, and catalogue of thankas, banners and other paintings and drawings in the Library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London 1989

Reference

Wellcome Collection 43769i

Type/Technique

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