Teacher (Lama) - Karmapa 7, Chodrag Gyatso
(item no. 423)

Eastern Tibet

1500 - 1599

Karma (Kagyu) Lineage

67.31x55.88cm (26.50x22in)

Ground Mineral Pigment, Fine Gold Line on Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

(acc.# F1996.8.1)

 
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Chodrag Gyatso, the 7th Karmapa (1454-1506): with the hands held at the heart performing the mudra (gesture) of teaching and the head crowned with the black vajra hat. Buddhas, deities and lineage teachers adorn the top and bottom.

Kar ma pa Biographical Details

Jeff Watt 1-2002


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Publication: Tibet: Tradition & Change
Publication: Worlds of Transformation

Thematic Set
Incarnation Lineage: Gyalwa Karmapa
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Painting Gallery II
Tradition: Kagyu Teachers (Paintings)
1400 - 1499 (15th Century)
Painting Style: Eastern Tibetan
Teachers: Two Main Figures (Composition)
Painting Set: Karmapa (4)



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