10th Karmapa by Pema Rinzin
This impressive thangka painting of the 10th Karmapa, Choying Dorje was recently uploaded to the New York Tibetan Art Studio blog. It was painted by world-renowned master Tibetan thangka painter and contemporary artist Pema Rinzin. Rinzin’s depth of knowledge and personal mastery of Himalayan art – with its rarely practiced preparation and application of traditional stone ground pigments – is widely recognized by institutions and individual scholars as rare and exceptional.
10th Karmapa by Pema Rinzin
In the centre of the composition is the 10th Karmapa Choying Dorje wearing the black crown. His two hands are at his heart in the gesture of teaching while holding the stems of two lotus flowers, which blossom above his shoulders supporting a dorje and bell. Seated at the left is Rimtrowa Kuntu Zangpo wearing the robes of a monk, holding a large bowl of jewels in the right hand and a long-life vase in the left. On the right side is the consort Kalpa Zangmo. She holds a vase upraised in the right hand while kneeling and bowing the head.
At the top center is the 6th Shamarpa, Chokyi Wangchuk, wearing monastic robes and a red hat, holding a book. At the lower left is the 7th Shamarpa, Yeshe Nyingpo. On the right is Tsuglag Gyatso, the 3rd Nenang Pawo. At the bottom center is Ashokanta Marichi (Ti. Oser Chenma), seated on the back of a sow, surrounded by piglets.
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