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Mahakala Panjarnata (Lord of the Pavilion)1450 or earlier

On view:
Resnick Pavilion
Tibetan thangka painting on cloth, large dark blue multi-armed deity seated at center on crimson ground, surrounded by smaller figures, with decorative figure-filled borders at top and bottom

Unknown, Mahakala Panjarnata (Lord of the Pavilion), 1450 or earlier, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, From the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection, Museum Associates Purchase, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Mahakala Panjarnata (Lord of the Pavilion)
Place Made
Central Tibet, a Sakyapa Monastery
Date Made
1450 or earlier
Medium
Mineral pigments and gold on cotton cloth
Dimensions
34 3/4 x 31 5/8 in. (88.3 x 80.3 cm)
Credit Line
From the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection, Museum Associates Purchase
Accession Number
M.82.6.4
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
South and Southeast Asian Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Pal, Pratapaditya. Art of Tibet. Los Angeles; Berkeley, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; University of California Press, 1983.
  • Pal, Pratapaditya. Art of Tibet. Expanded edition. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1990.
  • Rosenfield, John. The Arts of India and Nepal: The Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1966.
  • Little, Stephen, and Tushara Bindu Gude. Realms of the Dharma: Buddhist Art across Asia. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2025.