Item: Deity
| Origin Location | Tibet |
|---|---|
| Date Range | 1700 - 1799 |
| Lineages | Bon |
| Material | Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton |
| Collection | Rubin Museum of Art |
| Catalogue # | acc.# P1994.13.5 |
Classification: Deity
Durse Lhasung (dur gsas lha srung). The Protector Deities of the 'Dur' Rite.
Five Gods of the Bon Religion. The five are related to funerary rituals.
Seated within a rainbow sphere the Five Gods each with one face and two hands, blue, yellow, green, red and white in colour, hold their own objects and sit on thrones supported by snow lions, dragons, elephants, horses, and Horned Eagles. Thirty-three Gods, belonging to three divisions of worldly deities, peaceful and wrathful, sit, stand and ride various animal mounts at the right and left sides.
Jeff Watt & Lee Hartline 1-2000
(See the publication Bonpo Painting of Protector Deities by Samten G. Karmay. Paperback. ISBN: 9789937623445. Publication Date: February 2015).
Publication: Selection of Works - Painting (RMA)
Thematic Sets
Bon: Artworks (All)
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Painting Gallery 9
Bon: Kyil Khor (mandala)
Exhibition: Bon, The Magic Word (RMA 2007)
Subject: Bird Attributes
Subject: Bird Hats
Subject: Bird Clothing
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Bon Artworks
Bon: Namka (Namkha) Thread-cross Page
Collection of RMA: Best of Collection 1
Bon Paintings: Masterworks