| Native Name | Thangka |
| Object Number | 51-4-121 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tibetan | Buddhist |
| Provenience | East Tibet |
| Date Made | 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Pigment |
| Technique | Painted |
| Iconography | Vaishravana | Lion | Yaksa | Warriors | Jewel-Spitting Mongoose | Five Dhyani Buddhas | Ratnasambhava | Akshobhya | Vairocana | Amitabha Buddha | Amoghasiddha | Naga Raja | Nobleman | Altar | Offerings | Eight Buddhist Symbols | Jewels |
| Description | Vaishravana Riding a Lion accompanied by a Retinue of Eight Horsemen against a background of palace pavilions and park trees. On either side of him four Yaksa marshals as mounted warriors, bearing weapons and jewel-spitting mongooses, each with his own palace pavilion. Top: the Five Dhyani Buddhas in bodhisattva garb, Ratnasambhava, Akshobhya, Vairocana, Amitabha, Amoghasiddha. Below: a Naga raja and a human nobleman, offering gifts; and an altar with offerings (The Eighth Buddhist symbols and assorted jewels). East Tibetan work, a little finer than usual. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Robert R. Service, 1951 |
| Other Number | 28 - Other Number |
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