Protector Deity Begtse Chen

Tibeto-Chinese

19th century

Medium

Gilt copper alloy with traces of orange pigment

Classification

Sculpture

Dimensions

14.6 × 12.8 × 4.2 cm (5 3/4 × 5 × 1 5/8 in.)

Culture

Tibet

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of Asia

Credit line

Samuel M. Nickerson fund

Rights

Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.

Who can see it

Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

View at the Art Institute of Chicago

• Sculpture
• Faith and religion
• 1800s
• Tibet
• Yellow