Item: Begtse Chen (Buddhist Protector)
བེག་ཚེ་ལྕམ་སྲིང། སྲུང་མ།
大红司命 （又名战神）护法
(item no. 91101)
| Origin Location | Tibet |
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| Date Range | 1700 - 1799 |
| Lineages | Gelug and Buddhist |
| Size | 43.18x33.02cm (17x13in) |
| Material | Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton |
| Collection | Erie Art Museum |
Notes about the Central Figure
Classification: Deity
Begtse Chen: the great red protector.
Tibetan: Begtse Chen
Fierce and wrathful, with one face and two hands, he holds a sword upraised in the right and a heart held to the mouth with the left. At the top right is the meditational deity Hayagriva. At the bottom right is the consort and on the left the son dressed as a warrior and riding atop a wolf.
Jeff Watt 10-2000
Collection of Erie Art Museum
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