Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Teacher (Lama) - (multiple figures)

བླ་མ། 喇嘛
(item no. 780)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1300 - 1399
Lineages Taklung (Kagyu)
Size 33.02x27.31cm (13x10.75in)
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Rubin Museum of Art
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Person

Interpretation / Description

Kuyalwa and Sanggye Yarjon. Two Taglungpa Lamas with a small image of the founder of the Taglung Kagyu School seated between them - Taglung Tangpa Chenpo.

Jeff Watt 4-2001

(For additional information see Notes on a Taglung Portrait by Jane Casey Singer).

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