1919,0101,0.161

Description

Scope and content : Paper painting from same series as Ch. 00162, etc., showing divinity unhaloed, perhaps Tantric form of Avalokiteśvara, standing on yak. Fig. six-armed, with distended eyes and frowning brows; upper hands hold up discs of Sun and Moon (containing no figs.); its middle pair of hands are in front of body, R. in vitarka-mudrā, L. holding flask; its lower hands hang by its sides, R. with forefinger only extended, L. carrying noose. Fig.’s hair and head-dress same as in companion picture; dress that of ‘Indian’ Bodhisattva, but with skirt reaching only to knees, and legs below bare except for anklets. Style and colouring as in Ch. 00162. In L. top corner is blank cartouche for inscr. Pin-hole in corners. Good condition. 1′ 6″ × 1′ 0⅝″.