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Portrait of Munchen Sangye Rinchen, the Eighth Abbot of Ngor Monastery

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A rectangular fabric with a black top and bottom section and a central colorful image. The central image depicts a seated man with short black hair wearing a red top and a yellow robe, sitting on a white cushion. The man holds a yellow object in both hands. The man sits on a green semicircle surrounded by a red semicircle. The man sits within a white circle surrounded by a blue circle. The central image has a border of numerous small depictions of seated people. The background of the central image is red. The fabric has a cord at the top for hanging. The fabric has yellow stitching. The fabric has no other markings.

Artwork Details

Date
late 16th century
Medium
Distemper and gold on cloth
Culture
Tibet
Dimensions
321 × 623 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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