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Tibetan Wood Stele of Penden Lhamo 16/17th cent. browse these categories for related items... Directory: Archives:Regional Art:Asian:Indian Subcontinent:Himalayas:Pre 1700: item # 735632 Please refer to our stock # Ch0941 when inquiring.
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A Tibetan wooden stele of the fearsome Dharma Protector Penden Lhamo (Shri Devi), seated side-saddle on her mule, holding a vajra-topped mace in her right hand and a skull-cup (kalasa) filled with blood in her left as she is carried across a sea of blood against the background of her flaming halo. In her hair she wears a peacock-feather umbrella, on her head a five-skull crown and in her ears one snake and one lion-head earring. Her breasts are pendulous and at her navel is a sun disc. Her demon tally-stick is thrust into her waistband. She wears a flayed human skin across her shoulders and sits on the flayed skin of her own son, the head depending beneath the belly of her mount, which bears her remaining four magical attributes, the dice and bag of diseases on its left foreleg, the book of curses and ball of thread behind, next to the eye-wound in the animal’s left flank. Traces of old pigment in the halo and recesses of the carving. Old collector’s label to the reverse. From an old Italian collection. Height: 4 ¾ in. (excl. suspension loop). 16/17th cent. Penden Lhamo is one of the most powerful protective deities within the Tibetan Buddhist pantheon and the only female Dharma Protector. Particularly revered within the Gelugpa sect, she is the special protector both of the Dalai Lama and Lhasa. Wear and old losses. |
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