Figure wearing red brocade robe and cap sits in garden setting amongst four portraits at corners of painting

Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyelsten

Location
Tsang region, central Tibet

Date
18th century

Material
Pigments on cloth

Catalog Number
C2006.66.247 (HAR 356)

Collection
Rubin Museum of Art

Provenance
Gift of Shelley and Donald Rubin

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Art Making

Art making in Himalayan and Tibetan regions is largely religious in nature and takes a wide range of forms—from painting to lost-wax metal casting.

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