Origin Location | Eastern Tibet |
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Date Range | 1700 - 1799 |
Lineages | Karma (Kagyu) |
Size | 48.90x33.02cm (19.25x13in) |
Material | Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton |
Collection | Rubin Museum of Art |
Catalogue # | acc.# P1999.30.2 |
Painting School | Karma Gardri |
Classification: Person
Karmapa Guruyoga: the central image of a generic Karmapa holds a vajra and bell crossed at the heart, wearing the black vajra hat and surrounded by eight dancing dakinis enveloped in a sphere of rainbow light. At the top is the lama Sanggye Nyenpa and at the bottom, Wangchug Dorje, the 9th Karmapa.
This painting is based on a guruyoga meditation text written by the 8th Karmapa, Mikyo Dorje.
Jeff Watt 9-2000