Item: Vaishravana (Buddhist Protector) - Riding a Lion

Tibetan: རྣམ་ཐོས་སྲས། བྱང་ཕྱོགས་སྐྱོང་། Chinese: 北方多闻天王

(item no. 25240)

Origin Location	Tibet
Date Range	1900 - 1959
Lineages	Kagyu, Karma (Kagyu) and Buddhist
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment, Fine Gold Line, Red Background on Cotton
Collection	Private

Classification: Deity

Appearance: King

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Vaishravana riding a lion surrounded by five forms of Jambhala.

Top right: Yellow Jambhala
Top left: Red (Trapa Ngonshe lineage)
Bottom right: Black
Bottom center: White
Bottom left: Green.

All the figures are painted with gold, they are named based on their typical iconography colours.

HAR Team 8-2026