provenance:PROVENANCEProperty of private collector, Chapel Hill NC measurements:MEASUREMENTS24 inches high x 21 inches weight:CONDITIONLoss to paint. Age related wear. DESCRIPTIONAn intricately painted on material 19th Century or earlier Tibetan thangka featuring a wrathful black deity. It is loaded with imagery that depicts several intense scenes from floating skeletons to animals and humans being trampled. This thangka was used and has been consecrated or blessed.