Caption

Palden Lhamo;, Tibetan Buddhist sculpture; 19th century; materials unspecified; depiction features a dharmapala wrathful protector with mules and skulls; possible origin China or Mongolia; height 14.8 cm, width 13.0 cm., A small sculpted figure of a mounted animal with a humanlike rider shown from the back, the rider with a textured flamelike form behind its head painted red and a metallic gold body, the rider holding a curved object above its head in a raised arm, the mount rendered in metallic gold with darker hooves and a dark tail, green accents on the mount's bridle and harness, the figure positioned on a patterned gilded base with a red surface, all set against a plain light gray background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_006

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (2.5Mb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Palden Lhamo Tibetan Buddhist sculpture 19th century materials unspecified depiction features dharmapala wrathful protector mules skulls possible origin China Mongolia height 14.8 cm width 13.0 cm small sculpted figure mounted animal humanlike rider shown back textured flamelike form head painted red metallic gold body rider holding curved object raised arm mount rendered metallic gold darker hooves dark tail green accents mount's bridle harness figure positioned patterned gilded base red surface set plain light gray background.