Sino-Tibetan or Mongolian Thangka (Tangka) depicts Palden Lhamo.

Description

Description:
Up for sale is an
Antique and beautiful 19th century (or early 20th Centruy) Sino-Tibetan or Mongolian Thangka
(
variously spelt as thangka, tangka, thanka, or tanka)
depicts
Palden Lhamo – The Female Guardian.
Palden Lhamo is an old Tibetan female guardian deity. She is the only female deity of the 8 Dharmapalas. She is worshiped in particular by the yellow hat monks of the Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism, and is considered the patron saint of
Lhasa and the Dalai Lama. She is the wrathful manifestation of Tara.
Palden Lhamo is pictured riding on a mule through a sea of blood. She is black and blue, with sagging breasts. In her hand she carries a cup made of her child’s skull, who was the product of an incestuous act. She is also surrounded by the loops of a string made of severed heads. In her navel we can see a bright sun disc.
Measurements:
30cm High x 22.7cm Width