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A Terrifying Deity in Yab-Yum19th century

Not on view
Tibetan thangka painting of a multi-armed wrathful deity with blue skin, skull crown, and open fanged mouth, standing over prostrate figures within a blazing orange flame aureole
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
A Terrifying Deity in Yab-Yum
Place Made
Tibet or Northwestern Nepal
Date Made
19th century
Medium
Mineral pigments on cotton cloth
Dimensions
7 x 5 3/4 in.; 17.8 x 14.6 cm
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Ronald M. Lawrence
Accession Number
M.74.139.8
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
South and Southeast Asian Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Pal, Pratapaditya. Art of Tibet. Expanded edition. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1990.
  • Pal, Pratapaditya. Art of Tibet. Los Angeles; Berkeley, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; University of California Press, 1983.