Yama, the Lord of Death

Mongolian Collection

Accession Nr.:	81.8.1
Type:	sculpture; metalwork; statuette
Date of production:	19th century
Place of production:	Mongolia

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.

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