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25 The unique feature of this refuge tree is the representation of the
A THANGKA OF TSONGKHAPA AND THE GELUGPA REFUGE Five Lineages at the upper part of this painting. This format follows
TREE the design of the Lama Pabongka Dechen Nyingpo (1878–1941).
Tibet, late 19th/early 20th century The five lineages represented from left to right are the lineages
Distemper on cloth, the reverse with Tibetan inscription, ‘om, ah, of Guhyasamaja, Vajrabhairava, Manjushri, Tigle Chudrug and
hum’, framed and glazed. Chakrasamvara.
84 x 62 cm (33 x 24 3/8 in).
For a thangka of Tsongkhapa and the Gelugpa Refuge Tree with a
西藏十九世紀末/二十世紀初 宗喀巴上師皈依境圖 similar composition, see J.C.Huntington and D.Bangdel, The Circle of
Bliss: Buddhist Meditational Art, Columbus, 2003, pp.168-169, no.39.
Referenced 參考: Himalayan Art Resources item no.2190
Compare with a similar thangka depicting a refuge field of
Provenance 來源: The Jongen-Schleiper Collection of Fine Thangkas Tsongkhapa, Tibet, circa 1900, which was sold at Sotheby’s New
York, 16 March 2016, lot 738A.
Published and Illustrated: A.Neven, Etudes D’Art Lamaique et de
L’Himalaya, Brussels, 1978, pp.76-77, no.51
出版及著錄： A.Neven著，《Etudes D’Art Lamaique et de
L’Himalaya》，布魯塞爾，1978年，頁76-77，編號51
