Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Vaishravana (Buddhist Protector)

རྣམ་ཐོས་སྲས། བྱང་ཕྱོགས་སྐྱོང་། 北方多闻天王
(item no. 36454)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1500 - 1599
Lineages Buddhist
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Private
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Interpretation / Description

Two of the Four Guardian Kings from a set of paintings depicting Shakyamuni Buddha and the Sixteen Elders.


View other items in the Thematic Set: Buddhist Worldly Protector: Vaishravana, Guardian of the North