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s-l1600 - 2019-10-10T204033.493.jpg

An antique 19th Century or earlier tsakli painting in pigments depicting, within a pointed pale red nimbus, a
red bodied deity wearing a leopard skin dhoti, the hair held in the basket of a crown and clubbed behind the neck.
The deity dances in the 'bow and arrow' position, and brandishes a skull cup filled with matter and a flayer, while
wearing heavy earrings and bone ornaments in addition to a light blue celestial scarf which hangs down. around the
simple throne. 2 lines of text to the reverse side. 8.6 x 10.7cm


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