A mandala depicting Vajrabhairava, Central Tibet, 16th century

Sotheby's New York, 20th September 2005, lot 20.

Carlton Rochell, New York, 2006.

Divine Incarnations. Art from India and Southeast Asia, New York, 2005, cat. no. 26.

The central circular panel filled with multi-armed golden images of forms of Vajrabhairava, all in union with his consort Vajravetali, the segments divided by visvavajras and protected by a ring of vajras, the palace gates guarded by further forms of the Dharmapala, the flaming mandala with a ring of graveyard scenes, with Tsong Khapa, Guhyasamaja, Yamantaka and Mahakala without, and numerous teachers, tantric masters and wrathful deities in the upper and lower registers.

For a discussion on the iconography of the Vajrabhairava mandala see Rhie and Thurman, Wisdom and Compassion. The Sacred Art of Tibet, New York, 1996, p. 285.