4-armed Mahakala yab-yum

black thangka (nag thang); paint and gold on textile
Tibet, 18th cent.
size painting: 69 x 50 cm; in original gold-brocade mounting

Beautifully painted and well preserved nag thang!
Mahakala is surrounded by four variations; in top a Kagyu (?)-master, bottom Vaishravana on a snowlion.