SEVENTEEN-DEITY VAJRAVARAHI MANDALA

GOUCHE ON CLOTH

CENTRAL TIBET

19TH CENTURY

IMAGE 16” x 21.75”: SILK BROCADE 26.5” x 44

EXHIBITED: Ithaca College Museum of Art; Ithaca, New York, Spring 1971 Lycoming College Williamsport, Pennsylvania Fall 1981

DESCRIPTION (PROVISIONAL): The dark blue figure in the center of the mandala is that of Guhyeshvari Yogini an emanation of Viajravahi.* This figure is flanked at the corners by four other emanations which in turn are surrounded by a circle of eight other emanations . The four gates house one other emanation each for a total of seventeen emanations and variations of Viajravahi. In addition to the deities contained in the central area there are ten major deities at the top and bottom of the painting.