Central Tibet 1800 - 1899 Gelug Lineage 30.48x22.86cm (12x9in) Ground Mineral Pigment, Fine Gold Line on Cotton Collection of Rubin Museum of Art (acc.# P1995.4.1)
Shakyamuni, Buddha (Tibetan: sha kya tu pa, sang gye. English: the Enlightened One of the Shakya Clan). The Gelugpa Field of the Accumulation (Tib.: tsog shing) of Merit with the teachers of the lineage of Maitreya on the upper left and that of Manjushri on the upper right. Deities, buddhas and bodhisattvas are placed below along with the Dharma protectors at the bottom.