Room 32 | India 600-1900 gallery
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The 8th Tai Situ Panchen Chökyi Jungné
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Description
Renowned both as a scholar and a master-painter, the 8th Tai Situ Lama (1700-1774) founded Palpung, principal monastery of the Kagyu order. To the left, the upper group includes the great teacher Marpa and probably the emperor Chi’en Lung (1735-1796), who invited the 8th Tai Situ to China. The lower group may represent earlier incarnations of the Tai Situ Lama.
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › Tibet › east Tibet (place of creation)
- Date
- 1760 - 1770
- Associated people
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8th Tai Situ Panchen Chökyi Jungné (1700 - 1774) (subject)Marpa (AD 1012 - 1097) (subject)Qianlong, Emperor of China (ruled 1736 - 1795) (subject)
- Material and technique
- gouache on cotton cloth
- Dimensions
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scroll 108 x 60 cm sight size (height x width)
painting 59 x 39.5 cm sight size (height x width)
along roller 58.5 cm sight size (width)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by E. M. Scratton, 1991.
- Accession no.
- EA1991.181
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Further reading
Topsfield, Andrew, ‘Indian Art at the Ashmolean Museum’, Oriental Art, 43/4, (Winter 1997-1998), p. 30, illus. p. 27 fig. 13
Maraini, Fosco, Secret Tibet, trans. Eric Mosbacher and Guido Waldman, with an introductory letter by Bernard Berenson (London: Harvill, 2001)
Location
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First floor | Room 32 | India from 600
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First floor | Room 32 | India from 600
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