Item: Vajrapani (Bodhisattva & Buddhist Deity) - Bodhisattva
ཕྱག་ན་རྡོ་རྗེ།
金刚手菩萨
(item no. 74304)
| Origin Location | China |
|---|---|
| Date Range | 800 - 899 |
| Lineages | Buddhist |
| Size | 55x14.50cm (21.65x5.71in) |
| Material | Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton |
| Collection | The British Museum |
| Catalogue # | 1919,1-1,0.103, Gift of Sir Marc Aurel Stein |
Notes about the Central Figure
Classification: Deity
Appearance: Peaceful
Gender: Male
Vajrapani, Bodhisattva.
R. Whitfield, Art of Central Asia: The Stein collection in the British Museum, vol. 1 (Tokyo, Kodansha International Ltd., 1982-85), plate 48, p. 334
R. Whitfield and A. Farrer, Caves of the thousand Buddhas: Chinese art from the Silk Route (London, The British Museum Press, 1990), p. 62, no. 36
Front of Painting
English Translation of Inscription: (Tibetan inscription on front).
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