Item No. 90543

Eastern Tibet

1800 - 1899

Nyingma Lineage

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art


 


Wrathful Tutelary Deity from the Nyingma 'reavealed Treasure' Tradition.

Fearsome in appearance, dark blue in colour, he has three faces and six hands, the first pair holding a curved knife and skullcup - embracing the consort. Atop various figures, a sun disc and multi-coloured lotus flower he is encircled by twists and coils of red flame. Numerous attendant wrathful figures hover in the surrounding sky.

At the top are various lamas, deities, a Buddha and Guru Rinpoche. At the bottom center is a wrathful protector with one face and two hands.

Jeff Watt 5-2000


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Thematic Set
Collection of Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art
Tradition: Nyingma Deity Paintings
Unidentified Subjects
1800 - 1899 (19th Century) Part II
Painting Style: Eastern Tibetan



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Photographed Image Copyright © 2004 Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art