Thangka

51-41-14

From: Tibet | Chengtu

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Native Name Thangka
Object Number 51-41-14
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tibetan | Buddhist
Provenience Tibet | Chengtu
Date Made 19th Century
Section Asian
Materials Silk | Pigment
Technique Painted
Iconography Khas-grub-je | Tsongkhapa | Tushita Heaven | Maitreya Buddha | Sakyamuni Buddha | Atisha | Yama Dharmaraja | Gyaltsab | Kedrub
Description

Painting. Tsongkapa Lobsang Dragpa accompanied on the right and left by the two students Gyaltsab and Kedrub. At the bottom left is the protector deity Yama Dharmaraja. A donor figure sits on the right side. The vision of Khas-grub-je. Tsongkhapa with his two attendants in a cloud vision, emanating from the Tushita Heaven of Maitreya Buddha (upper right). Sakyamuni Buddha opposite (upper left). Top center in a pavilion Atisha. Lower left, Yama, God of Death. Lower right, Khas-grub-je.

Credit Line Gift of Schuyler V. R. Cammann, 1951
Other Number 6-1959-2 - Other Number

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