Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Mahakala (Buddhist Protector) - Shadbhuja, Sita (White, Shangpa)

མ་ཧཱ་ཀཱ་ལ། ནག་པོ་ཆེན་པོ། 玛哈嘎拉
(item no. 69612)
Origin Location China
Date Range 1700 - 1799
Lineages Gelug
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Catalogue # F1905.72
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Wrathful

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

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Painting Style: Qianlong Period Painting Style
Mahakala: Shadbhuja, White (6 Hands, Shangpa)
Collection of Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution