Item: Teacher (Lama) - Palden Tsultrim
| Origin Location | Tibet |
|---|---|
| Date Range | 1500 - 1599 |
| Lineages | Sakya and Ngor (Sakya) |
| Size | 77.77x65.07cm (30.62x25.62in) |
| Material | Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton |
| Collection | The Brooklyn Museum of Art |
| Catalogue # | acc. #BMA 77.257.4, Anonymous gift |
| Painting School | Ngor |
Classification: Person
Appearance: Monastic
Gender: Male
Palden Tsultrim (1330-1399). A Lama of the Lamdre lineage of the Sakya Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. He was a principal teacher to the famous Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo, founder of the Ngor sub-school of Sakya. This painting belongs to a large set of compositions. (See other paintings from the same set).
Biographical DetailsAt the top center is the primordial Buddha Vajradhara. The surrounding figures at the top and sides are the lineal teachers of the Vajra Ghantapa lineage of the deity Chakrasamvara and related Tantric texts. Along the bottom are various forms of Manjushri, Amitayus and White Tara. (The 2 paintings of the Brooklyn collection belong to a much larger and well known set of Lamdre Lineage paintings).
Jeff Watt 3-2002
Tradition: Sakya Teachers
Subject: Margapala/Lamdre Lineage [1] (Ngor set)
Collection of Brooklyn Museum of Art
Collection of Brooklyn Museum of Art (Teachers)
Subject: Ngor Tradition (Teachers)
Collection of Brooklyn Museum of Art (Masterworks)
Subject: Margapala/Lamdre (Lotus Pair 7)
Collection of Brooklyn Museum of Art (Painting Masterworks)