Item: Refuge Field (Buddhist) - Gelug Lineage
སྐྱབས་འགྲོའི་ཞིང་ངམ་ཚོགས་ཞིང་།
皈依境（佛教）
(item no. 87209)
| Origin Location | China |
|---|---|
| Date Range | 1700 - 1799 |
| Lineages | Gelug |
| Size | 78x48cm (30.71x18.90in) |
| Material | Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton |
| Collection | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
| Catalogue # | acc.# 17_1683, Gift os Miss Elizabeth G. Houghton |
Notes about the Central Figure
Classification: Object/Concept
Shakyamuni Buddha (Tibetan: sha kya tu pa, sang gye. English: the Sage of the Shakya Clan, Enlightened One): surrounded by the lineage of incarnate Panchen Lamas above, meditational deities below, along with protectors and wealth deities - the Field for the Accumulation of Merit (Tib.: tsog shing). An inscription along the bottom gives a date of 1795 for when the painting was commissioned.
Tibetan: Tsog shing
Sanskrit: Buddha Shakyamuni Tibetan: Sang gye sha kya tu pa
Jeff Watt 4-2001
Subject: Refuge Field Main Page
Subject: Refuge Field, Gelug (Shakyamuni)
Collection of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Masterworks)
Subject: Refuge Field, Gelug (Main Page)
Collection of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Subject: Refuge Field, Gelug (Circular & Block Print Images)
Painting Style: Menri, Tashi Lhunpo Monastery
Subject: Refuge Field Masterworks
Collection of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Mandala-Like Paintings
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