Gelug Refuge Field Block Prints
The design for this style of a wood block print Refuge Field composition likely originates in the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery of Shigatse and based on the artistic and iconographic tradition of Konchog Gyaltsen (according to inscription). Looking at an unpainted print image (HAR #71968), the previous incarnations of the Panchen Lamas are clearly depicted in the upper right and left sides of the composition. Of the images exhibited on the Block Print Page, some are direct copies (HAR #74089, 571) from the wood block and others are variations based upon the wood block composition (HAR #94331, 64604). A good example of a variation is seen in HAR #87209 where the original central figure of Tsongkapa has been swapped for the image of Shakyamuni Buddha.