Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Ganapati (Indian God & Buddhist Deity) - Red (12 hands)

ཚོགས་བདག། ནང་ལྷ། 象鼻天(佛教本尊)
(item no. 99674)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1600 - 1699
Lineages Sakya, Ngor (Sakya) and Buddhist
Size 29x23.50cm (11.42x9.25in)
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Publication: Tibetan Paintings
Catalogue # Collection of Mr. and Mrs. John Gilmore Ford, Baltimore
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Animal-Feature

Gender: Male

Summary: This form of Ganapati is an emanation of Lokeshvara.

Interpretation / Description

Ganapati, Maharakta. (This is the same work as HAR #73752).

Tibetan Paintings by Pratapaditya Pal (list of image plates)

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