Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Mahottara Heruka (Buddhist Deity) - (3 Faces)

ཆེ་མཆོག་ཧེ་རུ་ཀ། 嘿噜嘎 (八大法)
(item no. 87009)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1800 - 1899
Lineages Nyingma
Size 76.20x54.61cm (30x21.50in)
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Philadelphia Museum of Art
Catalogue # acc. #1967-246-2, Bequest of Natacha Rambova, 1967
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Wrathful

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Chemchog Heruka.

Secondary Images
Related Items
Publications
Publication: Visual Dharma: the Buddhist Art of Tibet

Thematic Sets
Buddhist Deity: Mahottara Heruka (Chemchog)
Textile: Composition & Finishing
Collection of Philadelphia Museum of Art (Painting)
Subject: Guhyagarbha Tantra (Peaceful & Wrathful Deities)