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early 19th century

Painting, on European paper, varnished, depicting the Alawasha Yaksha General, one of the chiefs serving in the army of Kuvara or Vaishravana. He stands facing to the front, blue-skinned, bearded and tusked; he wears a headdress, surmounted by a crown, and necklaces, armlets and anklets all rendered in red and yellow. He holds a ringed club and an executioner's sword; facing towards him on each side is a similar-coloured Yaksha attendant, with hands held in the 'anjali' pose. All three figures wear loin-cloths of white striped with straight and wavy red lines. The background is red.