Item: Guan Yu (Chinese Deity) - (Seated Posture)

Tibetan: ཀོན་ཀོང་། རྒྱ་རིགས་སྲུང་མ་དམག་དཔོན། Chinese: 关公（汉地户法）

(item no. 1099)

Origin Location	China
Date Range	1700 - 1799
Lineages	Gelug and Buddhist
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection	Rubin Museum of Art

Classification: Deity

Appearance: King

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Guan Yu: a Chinese General that became deified and absorbed into folk Buddhism and Taoism.

General Guan Yu sits in a stately posture with the two legs forward atop a tiger skin and traditional Chinese throne. The consort sits to the side. At the top center and right are two Gelug teachers. At the top left is Changkya Rolpai Dorje identified by the large swelling on the proper right side of his face.

Four Horsemen ride below as part of the entourage of Guan Yu.

Jeff Watt 9-2012

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