Himalayan Art Resources

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

ཆེ་མཆོག་ཧེ་རུ་ཀ། 嘿噜嘎 (八大法)
(item no. 88607)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1500 - 1599
Lineages Nyingma and Buddhist
Size 12.50x11.10cm (4.92x4.37in)
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University
Catalogue # Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, Accession #2002.335, Membership Art Acquisition Fund
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Wrathful

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Chemchog Heruka.

Secondary Images
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