Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Begtse Chen (Buddhist Protector)

བེག་ཚེ་ལྕམ་སྲིང། སྲུང་མ། 大红司命 (又名战神)护法
(item no. 92005)
Origin Location Kunawar, Northern India
Date Range 1800 - 1899
Lineages Uncertain
Material Ground Mineral Pigment, Black Background on Cotton
Collection U. of Michigan Museum of Anthropology
Catalogue # #17455, Koelz Collection
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Interpretation / Description

Begtse Chen: principal protector for the Hayagriva cycle of Tantra.

Jeff Watt 3-2001

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Region: Kunawar, Northern India
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Collection of University of Michigan (Koelz Collection)