China 1600 - 1699 Gelug and Buddhist Lineages 251.46x157.48cm (99x62in) Ground Mineral Pigment, Fine Gold Line on Cotton Collection of Rubin Museum of Art (acc.# F1997.45.2)
4th Demo Rinpoche, Lhawang Geleg Gyaltsen (1631-1668). Demo Rinpoche was the most important teacher in the Chamdo area of east Tibet and accompanied the 5th Dalai Lama to Beijing in 1651. The inscriptions along each side of the central figure are verses of blessing composed by the 5th Dalai Lama. (See detail images).