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.
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)
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