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Painting of a green wrathful figure with orange hair and bared fangs standing on grey swirling clouds against a pink cloud background.

Green wrathful deity with flaming hair on clouds, Tibetan gouache

A green wrathful deity with flaming orange hair, bared fangs and bracelets stands on swirling grey clouds, wearing a patterned orange loincloth. It is painted in gouache on cloth, with a pink cloud-filled background and a worn fabric border.

Artist
Unknown
Date
[between 1800 and 1899?]
Medium
Gouaches Paintings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2883 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1909.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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