Item No. 200014
(Alternate)

1700 - 1799



Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

(acc.# P1994.13.5)

 
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The Gods of the Five Sciences (Tibetan: ye wang rig nga).

In the center is the God of the Cosmos, the physical world, Yewang Sai Gyalpo. At the top left is the God of Art, Yesi Zangpo Bumtri. Below that is the God of Language, Yechen Dralai Gyalpo. At the lower right is the God of Medicine, Yeje Tutob Gyalpo. At the top right is the God of the Occupants of the Cosmos, Yewel Tutob Gyalpo.

Seated within a rainbow sphere the Five Gods each with one face and two hands, blue, yellow, green, red and white in colour, hold their own objects and sit on thrones supported by snow lions, dragons, elephants, horses, and Horned Eagles. Thirty-three Gods, belonging to three divisions of worldly deities, peaceful and wrathful, sit, stand and ride various animal mounts at the right and left sides.

Jeff Watt & Lee Hartline 1-2000


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Exhibition Appearance
Exhibition: Bon, The Magic Word (RMA 2007)

Thematic Set
Bon Artworks (All)
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Painting Gallery IX
Bon: Kyil Khor (mandala)
1700 - 1799 (18th Century) Part III
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Bon Artworks



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