Item: Tonpa Shenrab (Founder of Bon) - Life Story
སྟོན་པ་གཤེན་རབ། བོན་ལུགས་སྲོལ་གཏོད་པ།
敦巴辛绕传记（苯教开创人）
(item no. 200020)
| Origin Location | Tibet |
|---|---|
| Date Range | 1800 - 1899 |
| Lineages | Bon |
| Material | Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton |
| Collection | Rubin Museum of Art |
| Catalogue # | acc. #P1999.22.5 |
Notes about the Central Figure
Classification: Deity
Tritsug Gyalwa, the enlightened form of Tonpa Shenrab, surrounded by life-story scenes accompanied by Tibetan inscriptions written with gold lettering.
Jeff Watt & Lee Hartline 1-2000
Bon: Artworks (All)
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Painting Gallery 9
Bon: Tonpa Shenrab - Life Story (Miscellaneous Images)
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Bon Artworks
Bon: Tonpa Shenrab - Life Story Set (Hahn Vol.5)
Exhibition: Bon, The Magic Word (RMA 2007)
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