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Painting of a green wrathful figure with orange hair and bared fangs standing on grey swirling clouds against a pink cloud background.

A green Tibetan demon (?) holding a skull cup and a vajra in its hand. Gouache painting by a Tibetan artist.

A green wrathful deity with flaming orange hair, bared fangs and bracelets stands on swirling grey clouds, wearing a patterned orange loincloth. It is painted in gouache on cloth, with a pink cloud-filled background and a worn fabric border.

Artist
Unknown
Date
[between 1800 and 1899?]
Medium
Gouaches Paintings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2883 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1909.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Figura iracunda verde entre nubes, gouache tibetano

Una figura iracunda de piel verde, con cabello anaranjado encendido, colmillos visibles y brazaletes, se erige sobre nubes arremolinadas grises. Viste un faldellín naranja estampado y está pintada con gouache sobre tela, con fondo de nubes rosadas y un borde desgastado.

Português: Figura iracunda verde entre nuvens, guache tibetano

Uma figura iracunda de pele verde, com cabelo laranja esvoaçante, presas à mostra e pulseiras, está de pé sobre nuvens cinzentas em espiral. Usa uma tanga laranja estampada e foi pintada com guache sobre tecido, com fundo de nuvens rosadas e borda gasta.

Vanitas and Memento Moritibetan artgouachewrathful deitygreen figuredemonbuddhist artcloudsorange hairthangka stylepainting on cloth19th centuryreligious art

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