Item: Indian Teacher - Asanga
རྒྱ་གར་གྱི་མཁས་པ། མཁན་ཆེན།
印度的祖师
(item no. 12870)
| Origin Location | Tibet |
|---|---|
| Lineages | Karma (Kagyu) and Buddhist |
| Material | Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton |
| Collection | Private |
Notes about the Central Figure
Asanga and Vasubhandu composition belonging to a five painting set depicting the Six Ornaments and Two Excellent Ones of the Southern Continent. The bodhisattva and future Buddha Maitreya sits at the front of a temple in the Tushita heaven.
The general composition and layout follows the painting style of Situ Panchen and Palpung Monastery.
Jeff Watt 8-2014
Collection: Sotheby's, Painting (September, 2014; New York)
Subject: Six Ornaments (Palpung Compositions)
Subject: Six Ornaments of the Southern Continent Main Page
Indian Scholar: Asanga Main Page
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