Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Teacher (Lama)

བླ་མ། 喇嘛
(item no. 58972)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1800 - 1899
Lineages Gelug and Buddhist
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Dr. David Nalin
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Person

Interpretation / Description

Yeshe Dorje: a Gelug Lama belonging to the Lamrim Tradition of Buddhist Teachings.

Art Represented in Art: at the lower left is the upper body of a Buddha sculpture visible through a top floor gallery of a Tibetan temple.

Jeff Watt 8-2010

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