Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Indian Teacher - Gayadhara

རྒྱ་གར་གྱི་མཁས་པ། མཁན་ཆེན། 印度的祖师
(item no. 35621)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1500 - 1599
Lineages Sakya and Buddhist
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection The British Museum
Painting School Khyenri
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Person

Appearance: Monastic

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Gayadhara of the Lamdre teaching lineage.

HAR 205211 in the Sakya Monastery private collection is part of another Lamdre set, and the design of Gayadhara is identical in pose, color palette, and style.

Because both paintings are from different sets which are in an early Khyenri style, it is unclear which set was created first, if one artist copied another, or if they were made by the same atelier. Tentatively, this painting may be considered a copy of HAR 205211.

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Painting Tradition: Khyenri Main Page
Indian Scholar: Gayadhara Main Page
Collection of the British Museum: Painting & Textile (Masterworks)
Margapala/Lamdre Lineage [32] (British Museum)
Collection of The British Museum: Painting
Painting Style: Khyenri - Teachers & Siddhas