Beschreibung:

finely embroidered in silk and gold thread on a rich silk background, the bodhisattva Vajrasattva in ecstatic union with the female consort Prajnaparamita, both wearing the regal jewels and accoutrements of the bodhisattva, Vajrasattva holding an upright vajra or scepter in the right hand and a ghanta or bell in the left hand, seated at center on a square platform atop a tiered and richly embellished double-lotus throne, the throne face adorned with a pair of addorsed vyalaka or leogryphs and covered in a textile festooned with golden garlands, the deities within a golden prabha or halo with luxuriant foliate motif, the upper quadrants of the thangka depicting two unidentified figures and further surmounted by Garuda and celestial beings at upper center, with a further menagerie of addorsed fantastic beasts on either side of the divine couple including makara spouting jeweled garlands, vyala, snow lions and elephants all atop small lotus thrones within a field of rolling clouds and rocky escarpments, the upper and lower trapezoidal mounts embroidered with a vajra and triple gem border motif, further embellished with ten rows of red lotus buds with interconnected scrolling stems, each bud inscribed with a contiguous syllable of the one-hundred-syllable Vajrasattva mantra of supplication in Sanskritized Tibetan script heightened in gold 52 by 35 in., 132.1 by 88.9 cm