Item: Teacher (Lama) - Demo Rinpoche
| Origin Location | China |
|---|---|
| Date Range | 1600 - 1699 |
| Lineages | Gelug and Buddhist |
| Size | 251.46x157.48cm (99x62in) |
| Material | Ground Mineral Pigment, Fine Gold Line on Cotton |
| Collection | Rubin Museum of Art |
| Catalogue # | acc.# F1997.45.2 |
4th Demo Rinpoche, Lhawang Geleg Gyaltsen (1631-1668). Demo Rinpoche was the most important teacher in the Chamdo area of east Tibet and accompanied the 5th Dalai Lama to Beijing in 1651. The inscriptions along each side of the central figure are verses of blessing composed by the 5th Dalai Lama. (See detail images). The two black and white images of the painting on Staten Island, New York, in the late 1920s and early 1930s are courtesy of the Jacque Marchais Museum of Staten Island.
Jeff Watt 4-2002, rev: 7-2007 [updated 10-2019]
Publication: Worlds of Transformation
Publication: Selection of Works - Painting (RMA)
Thematic Sets
Collection of RMA: Persons Masterworks
Collection of RMA: China (Painting Masterworks)
Subject: Shrine, Buddhist
Subject: Teachers with Figure or Deity Attributes
Tradition: Gelug Teachers (Paintings)
Collection of RMA: Historically Important Works
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Painting Gallery 3
Collection of RMA: Best of Collection 2
Collection of RMA: Painting Masterworks Page
Subject: Inscriptions (Historical Information)
Tradition: Gelug Lineage Teacher Masterworks (Rubin Museum)
Exhibition: Big!
Region: China Main Page
Painting: Portraits Page
Subject: Demo Rinpoche Details (HAR 578)