Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Direction Guardian (Buddhist Deity) - Virupaksha (West)

རྒྱལ་ཆེན་རིགས་བཞི། 四大天王
(item no. 57292)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1400 - 1499
Lineages Buddhist
Size 32.10cm (12.64in) high
Material Copper
Collection Private
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Appearance: King

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

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Thematic Sets
Tibet: Densatil Monastery Style Sculpture
Tibet: Densatil, Four Guardian Kings
Sculpture: Figurative, Stone Inlay
Buddhist Worldly Protector: Virupaksha, Guardian of the West
Tibet: Tsuglakang Temple, Lhasa (Visual Dharma)
Buddhist Deity: Virupaksha (Masterworks)