Cast in the form of the yidam and consort standing in alidhasana on trampled figures, birds and bovine animals, the buffalo-headed yidam portrayed ferocious with bulging eyes and a gaping mouth , surmounted by flaming hair, with thirty-two outstretched arms and a pair wrapped around the consort, all against black ground. Approximately 28.5 inch H (72.39 cm)Approximately 21 inch W (53.34 cm)Background: Yamantaka, also called Vajrabhairava, is one of the eight Dharmapalas, or Dharma Protectors, who are sworn to defend the Buddha’s teachings for all time. He is also a wrathful manifestation of the Bodhisattva Manjushri and a deity of Highest Yoga Tantra. It is said that in the form of Yamantaka, Manjushri defeated the demon king Yama, the Lord of Death. Yamantaka symbolize the victory of wisdom over death through direct realization of the ultimate nature of reality.