Origin Location | Tibet |
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Date Range | 1800 - 1899 |
Lineages | Nyingma |
Size | 74.93x50.80cm (29.50x20in) |
Material | Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton |
Collection | Rubin Museum of Art |
Catalogue # | acc.# P1994.3.4 |
Classification: Deity
Appearance: King
Gender: Male
Ratnasambhava from the set of five deities, emanations of Padmasambhava: the Sambhogakaya, Skull Garland, Five Families (Tibetan: long ku to treng rig nga). Yellow in colour with a damaru drum held in the right hand and a long-life vase in the left, he sits surrounded by 340 small images of Padmasambhava in his usual appearance.
Jeff Watt 9-2000