Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Worldly Protector (Buddhist) - (unidentified male)

འཇིག་རྟེན་པའི་ལྷ། ནང་ལྷ། 世俗的神(佛教)
(item no. 994)
Origin Location China
Date Range 1800 - 1899
Lineages Gelug
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Private
Catalogue # acc.# P2000.22.3
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Vajrabhairava-like figure with nine heads

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Subject: Unidentified Deity Figures
Iconography: Unidentified Subjects
Region: China, Yunnan (Painting & Sculpture)
Subject: Suspect Art Page