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| Keywords: Tibetan - Identification Deity Vajrabhairava with Retinue - Walters 35293.jpg The identification deity Vajrabhairava conquers death and is an aspect of the bodhisattva of wisdom Manjusri whose head is his crowning head He masters a buffalo demon who stands for ignorance and has incorporated a buffalo head among his own At the very top is a small figure of Buddha Shakyamuni; among those joining him are Atisha died 1054 who carried Buddhist texts from India to Tibet and the reformist teacher Tsongkhapa 1357-1419 founder of the Gelugpa order At bottom center is the red Mahakala a protector deity century 18 paint cotton in 35 22 5 accession number 35 293 18534 John and Berthe Ford Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum John Berthe Ford 2002 Desire and Devotion Art from India Nepal and Tibet in the John and Berthe Ford Collection The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Birmingham Museum of Art Birmingham; Santa Barbara Museum of Art Santa Barbara; Albuquerque Museum Albuquerque 2001-2003 place of origin east Tibet Walters Art Museum license 2D Tibetan art in the Walters Art Museum 18th-century art Yamantaka Vajrabhairava | ||||
