Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva & Buddhist Deity) - Rakta Lokeshvara (Red Lord of the World)

སྤྱན་རས་གཟིགས། 观音菩萨
(item no. 89010)
Origin Location Nepal
Date Range 1800 - 1899
Size 160x143cm (62.99x56.30in)
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Rubin Museum of Art
Notes about the Central Figure

Alternate Names: Lokeshvara Avalokita Lokanata Lokanatha Mahakarunika

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Peaceful

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Rato Macchendranath Temple. Nepal, 1850.

Secondary Images
Related Items
Exhibition Appearances
Exhibition: From the Land of the Gods: Art of the Kathmandu Valley

Publications
Publication: Kathmandu Valley Painting

Thematic Sets
Nepal: Paintings
Buddhist Deity: Avalokiteshvara Masterworks (Painting)
Buddhist Deity: Avalokiteshvara, Red (Rakta Lokeshvara)
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Nepal
Nepal: Dated Art
Collection of RMA: Best of Collection 2
Collection of RMA: Best of Collection 3
Nepal: Late Mala Period Painting
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Avalokita (Painting)
Subject: Art Depicted in Art (Paintings of Known Sculpture)
Buddhist Deity: Rato Macchendranath (Kathmandu)
Buddhist Deity: Avalokiteshvara (Pagpa Lokeshvara in Painting)