Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Direction Guardian (Buddhist Deity) - Dhritarashtra (East)

རྒྱལ་ཆེན་རིགས་བཞི། 四大天王
(item no. 30672)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1800 - 1899
Lineages Buddhist
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Private
Painting School Palpung / Situ
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Appearance: King

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Dhritarashtra, Direction/Guardian King of the East.

Secondary Images
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