Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Vaishravana (Buddhist Protector) - Riding a Lion

རྣམ་ཐོས་སྲས། བྱང་ཕྱོགས་སྐྱོང་། 北方多闻天王
(item no. 70699)
Origin Location Himalayan Region
Date Range 1400 - 1499
Lineages Buddhist
Material Metal
Collection Rubin Museum of Art
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Appearance: King

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Secondary Images
Related Items
Thematic Sets
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Sculpture (Gallery 2)
Buddhist Worldly Protector: Vaishravana Riding a Lion
Buddhist Deity: Vaishravana (Sculpture)
Sculpture: Figurative Subjects, Bases with Legs