Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Peaceful & Wrathful Deities - of the Bardo

ཞི་ཁྲོ་ལྷ། 静猛天
(item no. 87208)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1700 - 1799
Lineages Nyingma
Size 127x92cm (50x36.22in)
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Catalogue # acc.# 12_47, William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Interpretation / Description

Heruka Mandala, Wrathful, from the meditation cycle of the 'bardo' between life and rebirth.

Jeff Watt 4-2001

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Collection of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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