Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Deity

ལྷ།
(item no. 54417)
Origin Location China
Date Range 1800 - 1899
Lineages Buddhist
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Field Museum of Natural History
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Interpretation / Description

This painting was likely created from a tracing of Yama Dharmaraja however the tracing is backwards rendering the finished painting with a backwards image.

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