Worldly Protector (Buddhist) - Cha Kyung
(item no. 141)

Eastern Tibet

1700 - 1799

Nyingma Lineage

30.48x19.05cm (12x7.50in)

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Palpung / Situ Painting School

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

(acc.# P1995.11.6)

 


Cha Khyung (Bird-Horned Eagle): an indigenous mountain deity of the Amdo region, in the retinue of Amnye Machen, subjugated by Padmasambhava, the mountain deity of the west side of the river in Rebkong, Amdo, China.

Peaceful in appearance with one face and two hands the right holds aloft a banner adorned with silks and jewels. The left hand held at the waist carries a vase filled with precious jewels; riding atop a light brown horse. Above sits Padmasambhava with a rain of jewels falling from the vase in the lap. Attendant warrior figures ride below with heaps of treasure piled between the two.

Jeff Watt 3-2000 (revised 3-2003)


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Exhibition Appearance
Exhibition: Knoxville Museum of Art
Exhibition: Bon, The Magic Word (RMA 2007)

Publication
Publication: Worlds of Transformation

Thematic Set
Buddhist Protectors: Worldly
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Painting Gallery V
Buddhist Protectors: Worldly (Nyingma)
Subject: Mountain Gods
1700 - 1799 (18th Century) Part I
Painting Style: Eastern Tibetan
Tibetan Mountain God: Cha Khyung



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