A TIBETAN THANG-KA DEPICTING TSONG-KHA-PA, seated in vajrasana on a lotus, resting on a throne, both hands in dharmacakramudra and holding the stems of padmas, supporting the khadga and the pustaka, wearing elaborate garment, specific cap, his face with downcast expression, a radiating aureol behind, flanked by gDun-drup-pa and Mkhas-grub-je, a pavilion above, at both sides Sadaksarilokeshvara and three various Taras, below Yama riding his bull, with offering adorant, in brocate mounting, 18th/19th Century

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A TIBETAN THANG-KA DEPICTING TSONG-KHA-PA, seated in vajrasana on a lotus, resting on a throne, both hands in dharmacakramudra and holding the stems of padmas, supporting the khadga and the pustaka, wearing elaborate garment, specific cap, his face with downcast expression, a radiating aureol behind, flanked by gDun-drup-pa and Mkhas-grub-je, a pavilion above, at both sides Sadaksarilokeshvara and three various Taras, below Yama riding his bull, with offering adorant, in brocate mounting, 18th/19th Century
59 x 42 cm, framed and glazed

Literature

Kreijger, H. Godenbeelden uit Tibet, Amsterdam, 1989, p. 46
Lim, K. W., Aziatische Kunst uit het bezit van leden, Amsterdam, 1978, nr. 129

Exhibited

Aziatische Kunst uit het bezit van leden, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, December 22, 1978 - March 4, 1979
Goden en goeroes, Museum for Ethnology, Rotterdam, June 17 - November 28, 1989

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