A LARGE BROCADE MOUNTED THANGKA OF A FOUR-ARMED VAJRAKILAYA - DORJE PHURBA - རྡོ་རྗེ་ཕུར་པ TIBET, FIRST HALF 20TH CENTURY Colors on paper, with a brocade mount with numerous auspicious symbols. Vajrakilaya is depicted standing in pratyalidhasana on a lotus base, with four arms, golding vajra in his two right hands and surrounded by flaming clouds. All against a night blue background. Dimensions (the sole painted part): 74 x 54,5 cm Note: In Tibetan Buddhism, Vajrakilaya (also known as Vajrakumara)is a wrathful heruka yidam deity who embodies the enlightened activity of all the Buddhas. His practice is known for being the most powerful for removing obstacles and destroying the forces hostile to compassion. Vajrakilaya is one of the eight deities of Kagyé.