Himalayan Art Resources

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

རྒྱལ་ཆེན་རིགས་བཞི། 四大天王
(item no. 87530)
Origin Location Eastern Tibet
Date Range 1960 -
Lineages Buddhist
Size 88.57x61.42cm (34.87x24.18in)
Material Ground: Paper
Collection Rubin Museum of Art
Catalogue # acc. #C2001.4.30, Gift of William Hinman
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Appearance: King

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

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