Yama, the Lord of Death

Mongolian Collection

Accession Nr.: 81.8.1
Type: sculpture; metalwork; statuette
Date of production:
19th century
Place of production:
Materials: bronze
Techniques: gilt; painted
Dimensions: height: 12.2 cm
width: 9 cm
Yama dharmapala (Tib. gShin rje, Halha: Erleg xan), the guardian deity "Lord of the Dead", is depicted with a bull's head and a wheel on his chest. The cast statue is gilded and painted in the appropriate places. The attributes are missing from his hands. There is a visvavajra at the botton of the lotus throne.