A THANGKA DEPICTING KHEDRUB GELEK PAL ZANGPO Tibet, circa 1800

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13077.

Rudi Oriental Arts, New York City, 1960s.

Areas of rubbing and scattered pigment loss throughout. With areas of pigment consolidation throughout, notably in blue, green and red pigment. 7 in. split at far left, center. 3 in. tear in lower left quadrant. 5 in. loss at edge of lower right quadrant. Thangka laid on board. Framed in traditional silk mount.
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The current painting depicting Khedrub Geleg Pal Zangpo (1385-1438), a close disciple of Tsong Khapa, is from a larger set of twelve known Lamrim Lineage paintings in the Geluk tradition, likely commissioned in the last half of the 18th Century or the first half of the 19th Century.

For four examples from this Lamrim series, see Melissa R. Kerin, Artful Beneficence: Selections from the David Nalin Himalayan Art Collection, New York, 2009; for two further paintings in the Rubin Museum of Art collection, see Himalayan Art Resources, item nos. 65798 and 68890.