Begtse Chen (Buddhist Protector)
(item no. 805)

Mongolia

1800 - 1899

Uncertain Lineage

86.36x61.60cm (34x24.25in)

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

(acc.# P1999.2.3)

 
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Begtse Chen, (English: the Great Coat of Mail. Sanskrit: Prana Atma), the main protector for the Hayagriva cycle of practice; surrounded by 29 butchers.

Tibetan: Beg tse chen

Jeff Watt 11-2000


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