THANGKA REPRESENTANT LA LIGNEE DE TSONG.KHA.PA
TIBET, XVIIIEME SIECLE
Tsong.kha.pa sits in vajrasana on a lotus dais placed on a throne. His right hand is showing the vitarkamudra and the left is holding the alms bowl. He is surrounded by bodhisattvas, arhats, many monks, mahasiddhas, tutelar deities and protecting deities, some inscribed with their names. All are placed on a tree rising from the primordial water.
30 x 20 in. (77 x 51 cm.), framed and glazed
Provenance
Lempertz, Cologne, 11 June 1994, lot 405.
Property from a German family collection.
