Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Direction Guardian (Buddhist Deity) - Vaishravana (North)

རྒྱལ་ཆེན་རིགས་བཞི། 四大天王
(item no. 30988)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1800 - 1899
Lineages Buddhist
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Private
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Appearance: King

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Vaishravana, Direction King of the North. (See Virudhaka from the same set).

Secondary Images
Related Items
Thematic Sets
Painting Set: Direction Kings (Palpung)
Buddhist Deity: Vaishravana, King of the North (Masterworks)
Buddhist Worldly Protector: Vaishravana, Guardian of the North
Collection: Private 32