Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Vajrapani (Bodhisattva & Buddhist Deity)

ཕྱག་ན་རྡོ་རྗེ། 金刚手菩萨
(item no. 1102)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1900 - 1959
Lineages Uncertain
Material Ground: Cotton
Collection Rubin Museum of Art
Catalogue # acc.# F1997.13.3
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Interpretation / Description

Vajrapani (Tibetan: chag na dor je). On the reverse of this artwork is a drawing of another figure, Manjushri, showing the same iconometric grid.

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