Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Direction Guardian (Buddhist Deity) - Dhritarashtra (East)

རྒྱལ་ཆེན་རིགས་བཞི། 四大天王
(item no. 89158)
Origin Location Eastern Tibet
Date Range 1600 - 1699
Size 85x55cm (33.46x21.65in)
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Publication: Tibetan Painting, The Jucker Collection
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Appearance: King

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Tibetan Paintings by Hugo E. Kreijger (list of image plates)

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