Tsok-shin, Assembly of Divinities
Maker
Unidentified artist
Date18th century
MediumThangka: opaque watercolors and gold on cloth
DimensionsImage: 29 1/2 × 21 3/4 inches (75 × 55.2 cm);
Frame: 60 × 36 inches (152.4 × 91.4 cm)
Frame: 60 × 36 inches (152.4 × 91.4 cm)
CultureTibet
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of A. Lester Marks
Terms
- Paintings
- Thangkas (tangkas)
- Gold
- cotton
- Temple hanging
- watercolors
- cotton and silk brocade
- Linen
- Brocade
Object number61.005
Label CopyThe main deities and lineage of the Gelugpa sect are presented here in the form of a tree, with the sect’s 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.Collections
Kamakura period, late 12th or early 13th century
18th century
early 15th century
Unidentified artist
Hyakusetsu Genyo
Edo period, late 17th-early 18th century