Ananta Vijaya, Twenty-Fourth Kalki King of Shambhala
Tibet, late 17th century AD
Distemper on cotton
 
Ananta holds the vajra (diamond scepter) in his right hand and the ghanta (hand-bell) in his left, representing the inseparable union of method and wisdom.   He rises from the water on a lotus throne.  In the foreground a beautiful, gentle phoenix looks at the king.  The phoenix is representative of peace.
 
Denman Waldo Ross Collection, 1906   06.330