Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Teacher (Lama)

བླ་མ། 喇嘛
(item no. 76014)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1600 - 1699
Lineages Sakya, Ngor (Sakya) and Buddhist
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Newark Museum
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Person

Interpretation / Description

Ngor Lama of the Sakya Sub-school. Several other paintings of this subject and size are also known such as in the Rubin Museum of Art and the Emory University collections.

Jeff Watt, 11-2010

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