A HIGHLY IMPORTANT AND EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE IMPERIAL EMBROIDERED SILK THANKA YONGLE SIX-CHARACTER PRESENTATION MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1402-1424) Exquisitely embroidered in gold thread and brilliant coloured silk threads on leaf-green satin enriched with a regular pattern of dark green embroidered medallions of curled leafy scrolls outlined with gold thread, the central image is of the wrathful Raktayamari, depicted in tones of red, in yab-yum embracing his consort Vajraveltali, in pink tones, her left leg encircling his waist, his right hand welding above his head a khatvanga embellished with human heads in varying states and the vajra thunderbolt, his left arm supporting his facing consort and holding a kapala or skull cap in his left hand, detailed with blue serpents coiled around his wrists and ankles and a garland of severed heads pendent from his waist, his face depicted with a ferocious aspect looking ahead at his consort with her head upturned, her left hand holding another kapala , both figures richly adorned with beaded jewellery chains, each of their crowns embellished with five skulls below a seated Amitabha, all densely embroidered with gold thread, dark blue scarves billowing in front of the aureole of flames rising behind the locked couple trampling on the blue corpse of Yama, the lord of death, wearing a tiger skin and crown, lying on the back of their mount, a brown buffalo recumbent on a multi-coloured lotus base; all below two rows of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas seated on lotus bases, the upper including Yama on the left and Manjusri, of whom Raktayamari is an emanation, on the right, flanking the five Dhyani Buddhas, Ratnasambhava, Akshobhya, Vairocana, Amitahba and Amoghasiddhi, the lower row with Green Tara on the left and White Tara on the right, a row of seven offering goddesses dancing on lotus bases and holding aloft dishes below the couple, the thanka bordered by a yellow-ground band of vajra , the presentation mark in a vertical band in gold thread on a red embroidered ground on the upper right beside the border and below the White Tara 132 x 84 in. (335.3 x 213.4 cm.)
A HIGHLY IMPORTANT AND EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE IMPERIAL EMBROIDERED SILK THANKA YONGLE SIX-CHARACTER PRESENTATION MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1402-1424) Exquisitely embroidered in gold thread and brilliant coloured silk threads on leaf-green satin enriched with a regular pattern of dark green embroidered medallions of curled leafy scrolls outlined with gold thread, the central image is of the wrathful Raktayamari, depicted in tones of red, in yab-yum embracing his consort Vajraveltali, in pink tones, her left leg encircling his waist, his right hand welding above his head a khatvanga embellished with human heads in varying states and the vajra thunderbolt, his left arm supporting his facing consort and holding a kapala or skull cap in his left hand, detailed with blue serpents coiled around his wrists and ankles and a garland of severed heads pendent from his waist, his face depicted with a ferocious aspect looking ahead at his consort with her head upturned, her left hand holding another kapala , both figures richly adorned with beaded jewellery chains, each of their crowns embellished with five skulls below a seated Amitabha, all densely embroidered with gold thread, dark blue scarves billowing in front of the aureole of flames rising behind the locked couple trampling on the blue corpse of Yama, the lord of death, wearing a tiger skin and crown, lying on the back of their mount, a brown buffalo recumbent on a multi-coloured lotus base; all below two rows of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas seated on lotus bases, the upper including Yama on the left and Manjusri, of whom Raktayamari is an emanation, on the right, flanking the five Dhyani Buddhas, Ratnasambhava, Akshobhya, Vairocana, Amitahba and Amoghasiddhi, the lower row with Green Tara on the left and White Tara on the right, a row of seven offering goddesses dancing on lotus bases and holding aloft dishes below the couple, the thanka bordered by a yellow-ground band of vajra , the presentation mark in a vertical band in gold thread on a red embroidered ground on the upper right beside the border and below the White Tara 132 x 84 in. (335.3 x 213.4 cm.)
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