Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Direction Guardian (Buddhist Deity) - Vaishravana (North)

རྒྱལ་ཆེན་རིགས་བཞི། 四大天王
(item no. 936)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1800 - 1899
Lineages Uncertain
Size 185.42x160.02cm (73x63in)
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Rubin Museum of Art
Catalogue # acc.# P2000.1.1
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Appearance: King

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

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