19th century, black silk ground with red, white, and gilt decoration, he stands with his feet askance on figures over a lotus base, he holds a vajra chopper in his hand up in the air and a skull cup in his other, a necklace of decapitated heads around his neck, his face is ferocious with bared fangs and bulging eyes surmounted by a skull tiara, backed by a flaming aureole, with Buddhist deities above and below, with mountains to the left and right, professionally framed under glass, not examined outside of the frame.

SS 29.75 x 20.25 in.
DOA 43.25 x 33.25 in.

Property of a Gentleman

Christie's, Sale 2409, Amsterdam, Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art, April 13, 1999.

Rubbing to outer edges of cloth; some pigment loss consistent with age and likely rolled storage, but does not detract from the overall image.

$1,500 - 3,000