Attributes of Yama in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.

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47092i
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The pagoda in the centre represents one of the heavens. The funnel-like structure underneath it may be one of the hells. The pagoda is flanked by two skull bowls, each surmounted by a red offering-cake. On the right-hand cake is a skull; on the left-hand cake are a flower and a sword. Each cake is surmounted by a white radiance. Along the top there are two tiger skins and a bird with entrails in its bill. There is a makara (fabulous sea animal) from whose mouth comes a victory banner. Underneath are several yaks. There are two horses with blankets on them and an antelope with a red, white and green scarf

Publication/Creation

[Tibet]

Physical description

1 painting : distemper on linen ; distemper 47 x 30 cm

References note

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, p. 101, thankas banners and paintings no. 45

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Wellcome Collection 47092i

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