New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.

Dharmapala (Guardian Figure)

Artist Unknown

CultureTibetan

Date19th century

MediumBronze with pigment

Dimensions29 x 26 x 15 1/2 in. (73.7 x 66 x 39.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.281

Collections

Asian Art

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 107

DescriptionLarge, bug-eyed head has wide open mouth with four fangs, small spirals protruding individually from chin, long earlobes have small hole, flaming red eyebrows and mustache. Hair with many striations and much red pigment remaining, stands on end in flame-like corkscrews leaning (or blown) a bit to the figures right.