Thangka

93-24-2

From: Nepal (uncertain) | Tibet (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Native Name Thangka
Object Number 93-24-2
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Nepalese (uncertain) | Tibetan (uncertain) | Buddhist
Provenience Nepal (uncertain) | Tibet (uncertain)
Date Made Early 20th Century
Section Asian
Materials Paper
Iconography Yama Dharmaraja
Description

Yama Dharmaraja (Buddhist Protector) and retinue figures. Above Yama's head are orange flames formed in an arc. Above the flames are three female figures sitting in cross-legged position on clouds, left, center, and right. Each figure is holding a crystal ball in her left hand and the figure on the left is holding a blue wand. On the girdle of the beast are fourteen heads. In the green border on either side of the painting are flowering trees and hills. In white clouds on each side of the monster are eight beasts, four on each side, in various warlike poses. Below the supine more war-like figures, two astride white horses.

Credit Line Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Richard L. Miller, 1993

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