Worldly Protector (Buddhist) - (unidentified)
(item no. 65665), reverse inscription

Himalayan Region

1600 - 1699

Buddhist Lineage

Ground Mineral Pigment, Black Background on Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art


 
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Wrathful Male Deity: blue-black in colour with one face and two hands, the right holds a spear with an attached flag. The left hand holds a vajra hook. Atop a black horse, he is completely surrounded by red flickering flames and retinue deities.

Jeff Watt 6-2006

Reverse of Painting
English Translation of Inscription: There is a lengthy but illegible inscription on the back.


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