Item: Teacher (Lama) - Taglung Tangpa Chenpo
| Origin Location | Tibet |
|---|---|
| Date Range | 1200 - 1299 |
| Lineages | Taklung (Kagyu) |
| Material | Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton |
| Collection | Shelley & Donald Rubin |
| Catalogue # | acc.# P2000.22.14 |
Taglung Tangpa Chenpo (1142-1209/10): founder of Taglung Monastery (1180), central Tibet - north of Lhasa, the head monastery for the Taglungpa sub-lineage of the Kagyu School. (See HAR #11544).
Biographical DetailsThe central figure is surrounded by buddhas, lineage teachers and deities. Along the bottom from left to right are blue-black Humkara, red Vajravarahi, four-armed Chaturbhuja Mahakala, white Aparajita, Four-armed sow-faced red Vajravarahi and red Kurukulle.
Jeff Watt 4-2001
(For additional information see Notes on a Taglung Portrait by Jane Casey Singer).
Exhibition: Mirror of the Buddha
Thematic Sets
Subject: Lineage Paintings Main Page
Tradition: Kagyu Teachers (Paintings)
Teacher: Taglung Tangpa Chenpo Page
Collection of Shelley & Donald Rubin
Tradition: Taglung Kagyu Main Page
Teachers: Early Paintings of Teachers (Indian Style)
Teachers: Early Teachers (Front Facing)
Collection of Shelley & Donald Rubin (Masterworks)
Buddhist Deity: Aparajita (Secondary Figure)
Tradition: Marpa/Dagpo Kagyu Main Page
Subject: Lineage Paintings - Asymmetrical
Painting: Early Works Main Page
Teachers: Early Teachers (Single Figures)