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50 Compare with another lineage mandala in the Musee Guimet
A thangka of a Gelugpa refuge field published in Begiun Les Peintures de Bouddhisme Tibétian, Paris,
Tibet, 18th century 1995, p. 450, no. 373. Other similar compositions are held in the
Distemper on cloth; with Shakyamuni Buddha and Tsongkapa at National Gallery of Prague (HAR #57633), Rubin Museum of Art (HAR
the center surrounded by a tightly packed group of Gelugpa lineage #65800), and the American Museum of Natural History (HAR #94328).
teachers, and ‘Secret Accomplishment’ Hayagriva in the bottom center.
Image: 26 1/4 x 17 3/4 in. (66.8 x 45 cm); With silks: 53 x 29 in. Referenced
(134.7 x 73.7 cm) HAR – himalayanart.org/image.cfm/41214.html
$10,000 - 15,000
Provenance
Also known as a ‘Field of Accumulation’ painting, this is a rare Private New England Collection, acquired in the 1970s
composition where the viewer sees a vertical hierarchy of figures, but
is expected to understand that what is depicted is actually a square
throne with a giant lotus blossom on top.
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