A RARE AND LARGE THANGKA DEPICTING THE GREEN MAHAKALA, TIBET, 18TH-19TH CENTURY Distemper on cloth. Well painted with the green-skinned six-armed Mahakala striding atop a lotus base, a blood-filled skullcup with skulls and severed heads before him, flanked by a red and a black Mahakala, holding a kapala and kartrika in his main hands, his other four hands radiating around him, wearing a tiger skin, billowing scarves, and ornate jewelry, the face with a wrathful expression, the hair secured by a skull tiara, surrounded by a flaming mandorla, the upper margin with a white and a yellow Mahakala.

Provenance: Acquired by the father of the present owners around 1970 and thence by descent.
Condition: Good condition with some wear, creasing, abrasions, minor losses, possibly minor touchups.

Dimensions: Size 150 x 119 cm

The Green Mahakala is a rare form of Mahakala and belongs to the Shangpa Kagyu, the “secret lineage” of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Sotheby's London, 7 November 2018, lot 67
Price: GBP 20,000 or approx. EUR 27,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A thangka depicting Mahakala, Tibet, 18^th century

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十八至十九世紀西藏大型綠色大黑天
布面膠彩。綠膚六臂大黑天身軀呈站立姿勢，右腿屈，左腿伸，站在蓮座上。項掛人頭骨大念珠，戴五骷髏冠；他的六隻手都有法器，中間兩手置胸前，也是左手托骷髏碗，右手持月形刀，其餘四手分開；腰圍虎皮；他面帶忿怒相，顯得威嚴恐怖。背後有火焰光背，上方有黃白兩色大黑天，下方有紅黑兩色大黑天。

來源：現任藏家的父親購於上世紀七十年代，保存至今。
品相：狀況良好，有一些磨損、摺痕、擦傷、輕微損失以及輕微修飾。

尺寸：150 x 119 厘米

綠色大黑天是大黑天的一種罕見形式，屬於藏傳佛教噶舉派。

拍賣結果比較：
形制：相近
拍賣：倫敦蘇富比，2018年11月7日，lot 67
價格：GBP 20,000（相當於今日EUR 27,000）
描述：西藏、十八世紀 《大黑天諸護法神》唐卡