Bönkyab, 20th/21th century, Kathmandu, Nepal
Cotton and silk brocade, painting technique: gouache, L: 181 cm, W: 105 cm
Shenten Dargye Ling Monastery, France

Tönpa Shenrab Miwo is depicted here with a dark-blue body as the fourth of the „Four Transcendent Lords“ (bder gshegs gtso bo gzhi [བདེར་གཤེགས་གཙོ་བོ་གཞི་]). He holds his left hand in a position of meditation, while with the palm of his right hand he touches the ground and holds a thunderbolt with left-turning swastika.