Thangka with Vajrakilaya, tempera on linen, Tibetan scroll painting

Thangka with Vajrakilaya, tempera on linen, Tibetan scroll painting Tempera on linen. At the centre a many-armed wrathful deity painted blue in union with his consort, Vajrakilaya: three faces – the middle one blue, the right one red, above them a white one –, each with three eyes, an open mouth and a crown of five skulls, the hair rising in red flames. The front hands hold a golden ritual dagger before the chest, the remaining arms carry among other things a trident and a bowl; green feathe

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