Himalayan Art Resources

Painting Set: Dalai Lama Incarnation Lineage (RMA/Hahn)

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Only two paintings from this set of twenty-six or more compositions are currently known. The total of twenty-six is based on the possibility that the last image is of the 7th Dalai Lama. This set is quite unique because each composition depicts the life story of each central incarnation figure. The center composition is likely the current Dalai Lama when the set of paintings were commissioned. Currently there are only two known Works: Lama Shang Yudragpa (left four) and Ngagwang Lobzang Gyatso, 5th Dalai Lama (left ten).

Order of Paintings:
Center: current Dalai Lama (of the time)
Right 1: Lokeshvara Khasarpani
Left 1: Konchog Bang
Right 2:
Left 2:
Right 3:
Left 3:
Right 4:
Left 4: Lama Shang Yudragpa
Right 5:
Left 5:
Right 6:
Left 6:
Right 7:
Left 7:
Right 8:
Left 8: 1st Dalai Lama
Right 9: 2nd Dalai Lama
Left 9: 3rd Dalai Lama
Right 10: 4th Dalai Lama
Left 10: Ngagwang Lobzang Gyatso, 5th Dalai Lama

Jeff Watt 2-2016