Item: Mahakala (Buddhist Protector) - Chaturmukha (Four-Faced)
མ་ཧཱ་ཀཱ་ལ། ནག་པོ་ཆེན་པོ།
玛哈嘎拉
(item no. 1070)
| Origin Location | Tibet |
|---|---|
| Date Range | 1700 - 1799 |
| Lineages | Buddhist |
| Material | Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton |
| Collection | Rubin Museum of Art |
Notes about the Central Figure
Classification: Deity
Appearance: Wrathful
Gender: Male
Chaturmukha Mahakala. This painting went missing from the Rubin collection in 2003.
Jeff Watt 3-2019
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