Thirteenth Karmapa, Dudul Dorje (1733-1797) | Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art

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Title: Thirteenth Karmapa, Dudul Dorje (1733-1797)

Artist: Karshö Karma Tashi

Dimensions: 62 3/4 × 36 7/8 × 1 1/8 in.

Medium: Pigments on cloth

Origin: Pelpung Monastery, Kham Province, Eastern Tibet

Classification(s): paintings scroll painting

Date: 18th century, ca. 1760s

Credit Line: Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, Purchased from the Collection of Navin Kumar, New York

Object number: C2005.20.1

Bibliography: Patron and Painter: Situ Panchen and the Revival of the Encampment Style

HAR Number: 65494

Published references: *Jackson, David P. Patron and Painter: Situ Panchen and the Revival of the Encampment Style. New York: Rubin Museum of Art, 2009. Fig. 1.21, 6.17, 9a, 9b; pp. vii, 16, 22, 127, 129, 166-169, 251* Jackson, David. A History of Tibetan Painting: the Great Tibetan Painters and Their Traditions. Wien: ╓sterreichische Akademie der Wisenschaften, 1996. Fig. 157, pp. 290, 295-299.* Brauen, Martin. Mandala: Sacred Circle in Tibetan Buddhism. New York: Rubin Museum of Art; Stuttgart: Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2009. Fig 3.14; Pp. 60, 64. * Jackson, David, "Tibetan Painting"* Kang, Gesang Yixi. Zang chuan Gamagazi hua pai tang ka yi shu (karma sgar bris lugs kyi thang ka sgyu rtsal). Chengdu Shi: Sichuan mei shu chu ban she, 2012. Xia juan: p. 270* Kang, Gesang Yixi. Gama Gazi huapai tangka (karma sgar bris lugs kyi thang ga). Beijing: Wenu chubanshe, 2015: p. 105* Skal-bzang-ye-shes, and Tshe-ring-?gyur-med. Zang zu mei shu ji cheng (bod kyi mdzes rtsal kun btus). Chengdu: Sichuan min zu chu ban she, 2015: p. 111* Debreczeny, Karl. The Black Hat Eccentric: Artistic Visions of the Tenth Karmapa. New York: The Rubin Museum of Art, 2012, pp. 248-249. (Fig. 9.1)

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