A Sinotibetan gilt metal figure of Palden Lhamo, 18/19th Century.
Seated sideways on her mule. She has upswept red hair, three glaring eyes, she wears a lion earring on her right ear, and a snake earring on her left ear to indicate her power over the nagas. Height 39,5 cm.
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A Tibetan 18th century gilt bronze figure of Palden Lhamo. She is the only female among the eight great dharmapalas, the protectors of Buddhism; in particular she is a guardian deity of Dalai Lamas and their government in Lhasa. She was also worshipped as a protector of the Imperial China from the Yuan dynasty (1271-1368) to the end of the Qing in the twentieth century.
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