Origin: Mongolia. Date: 18th-19th c. Technique: PigmentsAnd metal on fabric. Description: In the center the six-armed Pehar Gyalpo with three faces onA white snow lion with green mane. He is surrounded by four other gyalpo spirits each on their mountAnd buffeted by flames.Above him the red Hayagriva.
Pehar wasAn original deity of the non-Buddhist Bhata Hor Meditation school of MongoliaAnd was subdued in the 9th c. by Padmasambhava. In the 17th c. he was chosenAs divine guardian of the Nechung temple, in which the official state oracle of Tibet is conducted. Measurement: 32 x 24cm, with mounting 59 x 37cm. Frame/Pedestal: MountedAs hanging scroll with Chinese silk. Condition B.
Provenance: -Rhenish private collection,Acquired locally in the 1980s.