1919,0101,0.40

Description

Scope and content : Ch. i. 0023. Paper painting (Kakemono-shape with wooden stick at bottom and bamboo strainer at top) representing demonic Bodhisattva, prob. Vajrapāṇi. Deity, three-headed and four-armed, half sits, half straddles, ¾ R. against background of flame. L. upper hand holds up Vajra; R. is raised with fingers in clasping position, but attribute not filled in; R. lower hand in vitarka-mudrā at breast; L. on knee with palm upturned; Dhyāni-buddha on front of tiara. Dress like Vajrapāṇi of banners (see Ch. i. 004, etc.), with leopard-skin apron, and white-spotted necklace of twisted cord. Third eye in centre of forehead; profile face on R. painted grey, other two flesh-colour. Bird and demon heads appear amongst flames; small boar-headed demon at bottom makes gesture of salutation. Cf. Tantric deities at bottom of Maṇḍalas of Avalokiteśvara, Ch. 00105; xxviii. 006. Broken at top, coarse work; colouring chiefly red, green, flesh-colour, and dark grey. 2′ 7″ × 1′.