Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Deity - (Unidentified)

ལྷ།
(item no. 90574)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1800 - 1899
Lineages Buddhist
Material Metal
Collection Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Interpretation / Description

Wrathful Deity, Unidentified. The male figure holds a vajra tipped stick in the right hand and the left holds outstretched a skullcup. He stands atop a mule. The two figures do not belong together. The mule is the mount for the protector deity Shri Devi Magzor Gyalmo. It is likely that both figures were missing the figure on top and the other mount below. The metal studs on the bottom of the deity figure fit with some awkwardness into the stud holes on the back of the mule.

Jeff Watt 10-2011


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