Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Worldly Protector (Buddhist) - Dorje Setrab

འཇིག་རྟེན་པའི་ལྷ། ནང་ལྷ། 世俗的神(佛教)
(item no. 61306)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1700 - 1799
Lineages Gelug and Buddhist
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Private
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Warrior

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Dorje Setrab.

Along the top of the composition are four teachers wearing monastic attire. The first figure at the left side is Ngagwang Sonam Lhundrub. The second figure is Ponlop Dragpa Gyatsab. The third figure facing forward and with the hands in a teaching gesture and without a hat is Lotsawa Loden Sherab. The figure at the far right is Je Lhundrub Gyatso.

Jeff Watt 1-2021

Front of Painting
English Translation of Inscription: [name inscriptions for the teachers at the top of the composition]

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