Item: Teacher (Lama) - Tsongkapa

Tibetan: བླ་མ། Chinese: 喇嘛

(item no. 55008)

Origin Location	Tibet
Date Range	1700 - 1799
Lineages	Gelug and Buddhist
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection	Private

Classification: Person

Appearance: Monastic

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Tsongkapa Riding an Elephant: from the iconographic Five Forms of Tsongkapa based on the visions of Kedrub Geleg Pal Zangpo - one of the principal students.