The founder of the Gelug school, seated on a lotus atop a lion throne surrounded by flowers, with an offering table placed in front of him, flanked by his disciples Gyaltsab and Khedrub. He is dressed in golden robes, wearing the Gelug Yellow Hat, with serene expression to his face, he holds his hands in dharmachakra mudra; to either side, two blooming lotuses rise, bearing a sword and a pustaka (book). All set within a lush, flowering landscape with a spring. Intricate embroidery and particularly careful execution of the application work. Brocade mounting.
Image 86 x 55 cm; mounting 159 x 86 cm
Private collection, Berlin, according to the consigner, acquired from the collection of a scholar for comparative religious studies in the 1980s
Cf. a similar thangka of Tsongkhapa, probably from the same period, in the collection of the National Museum of Asian Art (Smithsonian), Washington D.C., inventory no. S2017.48

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