Tibet, various female deities (11)

Undated (15th century?), Tibet, Özerchenma enshrined in a stupa, polychrome wood, size not given, photo by Dudul Dorjay, 2011, on virginia.edu, at the Palkhor Chode monastic complex in Gyantse (Tibet).

Özer Chenma is the Tibetan name for Marichi, the goddess of dawn and mercy. When not seated sideways on a wild boar, the two-arm form usually holds some thread and a needle.

15th century, Tibet, Gyeltsen Tsemo,  restored and repainted (clay on a wooden armature?), photo by Dudul Dorjay, 2011, on Virginia.edu, at the Gyeltsen Tsemo Shrine in the Palkhor Chode monastic complex, Gyantse (Tibet).

Known as Dhvajagrakeyura in Sanskrit, this meditational deity has the appearance of a yakshi with three or four heads and four to eight arms, clad in a tiger skin loin cloth and adorned with wrathful ornaments. The four-arm form holds a lasso and a sword in her right hands, a wheel and a ritual staff in the others. See more on wisdomlib

18th-19th century, Tibet, Ushnisha Sitatapatra, gilt copper alloy with cold gold and pigment, collection of the Ga-te studio, on exhibition at the National Palace Museum in Taiwan.

Sitatapatra with a 1000 heads (each with three eyes) 1000 arms, and 1000 feet, holding a dharma wheel in her main right hand and a parasol in the other. She stands on demons on one side and animals and deities on the other.

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