A Thangka with the Wrathful Deities of Bardo
East Tibet, 18th century
The primary deity with three heads in embrace with his consort trampling over figures and beasts on a lotus and scrolling cloud throne backed by burning red and orange flames, surrounded by further wrathful deities, all set in a mountainous landscape
28 x 20 1/8 in. (71 x 51 cm.)
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This painting is one of probably three depicting peaceful and wrathful deities occupying the state between birth and rebirth (bardo). It is also the subject of the Tibetan Book of the Dead, Bardo Todal.