15th century, Tibet, Shri Devi, painted wood, 17,78 cm, photo on HAR , at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York (USA).
Surrounded with flames, the deity is seated on a lotus base on top of two victims. She has a human hide, an elephant hide, and a tiger skin on her back, a skull crown and three peacock feathers on her head, a sun disc on her navel, a garland of severed heads around her neck. The implement in her right hand is a sword with a scorpion hilt.
18th century, Tibet or Mongolia, Hayagriva, mineral pigments on wood, at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York (USA).
Standing on a lotus surrounded with flames, Red Hayagriva wields a skull-tipped mace or club in his right hand and makes a wrathful gesture with the other. He has a human hide and an elephant hide slung on his back, a tiger skin knotted round his waist, and is adorned with a garland of freshly severed heads, snakes, a five-skull crown, large earrings, and, among his flaming hair, a green neighing horse’s head, which is his distinctive feature. Before him, a monkey is eating a fruit from a tree, a mare is feeding her foal, and what may be a kiang is standing near a round jewel.
Beautiful objects from Tibet/Beaux objets du Tibet 