Item: Worldly Protector (Buddhist) - Drala Brothers (Nine)
| Origin Location | Mongolia |
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| Date Range | 1700 - 1799 |
| Lineages | Buddhist |
| Size | 67.31x48.26cm (26.50x19in) |
| Material | Ground Mineral Pigment, Fine Gold Line on Cotton |
| Collection | Tibet House, New York |
| Catalogue # | Gift of Shelley & Donald Rubin |
Classification: Deity
Appearance: Warrior
Gender: Male
Dralha (Enemy God) surrounded by eight attendants.
Regal in appearance, with a moustache and goatee, the right arm is raised holding a riding crop and the left holds a lasso at the heart. Dressed in the garb of a warrior with a helmet and armor, a sword, bow and quiver of arrows hang at the waist. Seated atop a white horse, his head is ringed with a dark green areola.
Eight identical attendant figures accompany Dralha. At the top center is the wrathful bodhisattva Vajrapani, blue, with one face and two hands, standing in a heap of blazing orange fire. Various offerings and wild animals fill the green mountainous foreground.
Jeff Watt 2-2000
Collection of Tibet House: New York (Repatriation)
Deity, Tibetan: Warrior Appearance (Drala)
Tibetan Deity: Drala, Nine Brothers
Tibetan Deity: Drala Brothers (Nine)