A THANGKA REPRESENTING THE MANIFESTATION OF TSONGKHAPA TIBET, 18TH/19TH CENTURY | 十八/十九世紀 藏傳宗喀巴皈依境圖唐卡 設色布本

A THANGKA REPRESENTING THE MANIFESTATION OF TSONGKHAPA

TIBET, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

十八/十九世紀 藏傳宗喀巴皈依境圖唐卡 設色布本

distemper on cloth

with the preferred disciple Kedrup shown in the lower left hand corner outside the Ganden monastery performing a ritual offering after the death of his master Tsongkhapa during which Tsongkhapa suddenly manifests himself to him on a cloud depicted to the right of the painting, with the paradise of Maitreya depicted in the upper right hand corner and the realm of gods in the upper left hand corner

66 by 42.8 cm, 26 by 16⅞ in.