Worldly Protector (Buddhist) - Rahula
(item no. 205)

Tibet

1800 - 1899

Nyingma Lineage

81.28x53.34cm (32x21in)

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

(acc.# P1995.25.1)

 


Rahula (Tibetan: kyab jug): yellow in colour with nine heads, two hands and the lower body that of a snake serpent. (From a set of paintings of Rahula and retinue figures).

Jeff Watt 11-2000


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Thematic Set
Buddhist Protectors: Worldly
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Painting Gallery VI
Buddhist Protectors: Worldly (Nyingma)
Buddhist Worldly Protector: Rahula
1800 - 1899 (19th Century) Part I



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