西藏 十六世紀 大成就者札瑪如巴及阿瓦度帝巴唐卡 |

For another painting in the same series, depicting the Indian teacher Gayadhara and the Tibetan translator Drogmi Lotsawa, see Jeff Watt, Himalayan Art Resources item no. 18330.

Compare a fifteenth or early sixteenth century thangka of Tilopa and Naropa, formerly in the collection of Doris Wiener, see Marylin M. Rhie, Robert A. F. Thurman, Wisdom and Compassion: The Sacred Art of Tibet, Expanded Edition, New York, 1996, p. 426, cat. no. 179, where the authors note that this format, of two adepts appearing together on a throne and surrounded by lineage masters, became a popular theme in late fifteenth and early sixteenth century thangka painting.

Compare also another example of the genre in the Zimmerman Family Collection, see Pratapaditya Pal, Art of the Himalayas, New York, 1991, cat. no 95.