{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"2159"},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Gift of A. Lester Marks"},"labelText":{"label":"More Information","value":"The main deities and lineage of the Gelugpa sect are presented here in the form of a tree, with the sect\u2019s founder Tsong Khapa prominently featured at the apex. He wears the yellow hat that distinguishes this order of Tibetan Buddhism and holds in his hands an alms bowl and lotus. Below Tsong Khapa, a host of Buddhas, saints and guardian deities comprise the tree, while seated in the clouds above are various monks and adepts."},"invno":{"label":"Object number","value":"61.005"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"Hanging banner mounted on a silk brocade hanging with red-dull orange and blue borders, backed with cotton.  Free hanging silk panel at back of banner. Two bronze knobs.  Painting is of one of the many variations of the Buddhist pantheon.  At the top of the pyramid is Tsong Khapa, 14th century founder of the Ge-lung-pa sect, a reformed monastic group which is the most important sect in Tibet.  Tsong Khapa has on his breast a little figure of Sakyamuni, the 4th Manushi-Buddha, which encloses a tiny image of a Buddha.  the yellow pointed bonnet is worn by the reformed sect in opposition to the red bonnets of the orthodox.  Monks, yellow-capped members of the ge-lung-pa sect, are grouped on both sides of the main figure.  The pyramid is filled with Bodhisattvas,  Bhyani-Buddhas, and feminine divinities.  The base of the pyramid features the traditional Lokapala, Guardians of the North, East, West and South.  Also see research notes in file, Astri Wright April 1984."},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Thangka: opaque watercolors and gold on cloth"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":"61.005_Disc0473_04735026"},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Tsok-shin, Assembly of Divinities"},"classification":{"label":"Classifications","value":"Paintings"},"people":{"label":"Artist / Maker / Culture","value":"Unidentified artist"},"primaryMedia":{"value":"https://emuseum.cornell.edu/internal/media/dispatcher/70816/full"},"culture":{"label":"Culture","value":"Tibet"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"18th century"},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"186746"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"Image: 29 1/2 × 21 3/4 inches (75 × 55.2 cm);Frame: 60 × 36 inches (152.4 × 91.4 cm)"}}]}