Teacher (Lama) - Karmapa 13, Dudul Dorje
(item no. 783)

Tibet

1800 - 1899

Karma (Kagyu) and Buddhist Lineages

65.41x43.82cm (25.75x17.25in)

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

(acc.# P1998.4.8)

 
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13th Gyalwa Karmapa, Dudul Dorje (1733/34-1797/98): with an image of Tara above and lineage teachers at the sides and below. At the top right is the 10th Shamar - red hat Karmapa.

Kar ma pa Biographical Details

The right hand is extended across the right knee in the gesture (mudra) of supreme generosity and the left holds a folio book in the lap. Attired in the garb of a monk the head is adorned with the black hat - a gift of the Ming emperor Yung Lo to the 5th Karmapa.

Art Represented in Art: See top center where a gold metalwork, sculpture in the style of Choying Dorje, has been depicted.

Jeff Watt 1-2000


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Thematic Set
Incarnation Lineage: Gyalwa Karmapa
Tradition: Kagyu Teachers (Paintings)
Teacher: Karmapa Dudul Dorje, 13th
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Painting Gallery V
Subject: Art Depicted in Art



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