Vaisravana
Ink and color on paper
Vaisravana
CHINA; Tang dynasty to Five Dynasties
Vaisravana, Heavenly King of the North, has been a popularly venerated Dharma protector in China since the Tang dynasty. The Heavenly King wears a golden crown decorated with a scroll leaf pattern and has a green nimbus with red, black, and gold outer rings. Appearing stern and imposing, he sits in lotus position and looks up to one side. The king’s skin is painted with a wash of red. His left hand supports a gold stupa and he holds a rod in his right hand. Vaisravana is dressed in a suit of armor with a decorative beast’s head in front of the stomach. Spiraling green, red, and blue clouds fill the background.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, page 955.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Vaisravana." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, vol. 16, 2016, pp. 955.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Vaisravana" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, 16:955.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Vaisravana. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z (Vol. 16, pp. 955).
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