Item: Worldly Protector (Buddhist) - (unidentified male)

Tibetan: འཇིག་རྟེན་པའི་ལྷ། ནང་ལྷ། Chinese: 世俗的神（佛教）

(item no. 65665)

Origin Location	Himalayan Region
Date Range	1600 - 1699
Lineages	Buddhist
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment, Black Background on Cotton
Collection	Rubin Museum of Art

Classification: Deity

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Wrathful Male Deity: blue-black in colour with one face and two hands, the right holds a spear with an attached flag. The left hand holds a vajra hook. Atop a black horse, he is completely surrounded by red flickering flames and retinue deities.

Jeff Watt 6-2006

Reverse of Painting
English Translation of Inscription: There is a lengthy but illegible inscription on the back.

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