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

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.

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Date:: late 16th century
Medium:: Distemper and gold on cloth
Culture:: Tibet
Dimensions:: 321 × 623 px
Museum record:: View original

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

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