Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Direction Guardian (Buddhist Deity) - Virudhaka (South)

རྒྱལ་ཆེན་རིགས་བཞི། 四大天王
(item no. 87531)
Origin Location Eastern Tibet
Date Range 1960 -
Lineages Buddhist
Size 88.27x61.11cm (34.75x24.06in)
Material Ground: Paper
Collection Rubin Museum of Art
Catalogue # acc. #C2001.4.31, Gift of William Hinman
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Appearance: King

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

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