Pehar Gylpo
- Inventory number:
- Ж-1340
- Author:
- Unknown
- Creation Date:
- 19th century
- Place of Creation:
- Buryatia
- Provenance:
- Received from a private individual
- Technique:
- painting
- Size:
- 31 x 23.5 cm
- Material:
- canvas, mineral paint
- Type of object:
- Thangka
- Subject:
- Buddhism
In the tradition of the Gelug school, Pehar Gyalpo is considered the most important worldly protector of the teachings – a dharmapala. The thangka depicts Pehar – white-bodied, three-faced, six-armed (with two main hands drawing a bow), riding a lion. He is surrounded by four companions: Shingchachen, Dralha Kyachikbu, Monbuputra, and Gyanjin.
