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Creative Commons License
Khenchen Tashi Tshultrim and His Ordination Lineage
(India, Nepal, and Tibet)
This masterful and meticulous portrait shows an abbot within a niche - one ornamented with lively scrollwork influenced by the traditions of Nepal. Tiny inscriptions identify many of the abbot's spiritual ancestors, including the Buddha Shakyamuni's son Rahula and Shakyashribhadra (1127-1225), one of the last Kashmiri teachers to visit Tibet.
Provenance
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Ravi Kumar, New York; purchased by John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, April 1984; given to Walters Art Museum, 2018.
Exhibitions
| 2010-2011 | The Ancient Nepalese Legacy. Rubin Museum of Art, New York. |
| 2001-2003 | Desire and Devotion: Art from India, Nepal, and Tibet in the John and Berthe Ford Collection. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara; Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham; Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong. |
Geographies
Tibet, Tsang Province (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Framed H: 37 1/8 × W: 25 3/8 × D: 1 3/4 in. (94.3 × 64.4 × 4.45 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of John and Berthe Ford, 2018
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
35.326