Early Karmapa with footprints

The footprints of an early Karmapa, probably the first, Dusum Khyenpa, together with a portrait and the eight auspicious symbols.

Source:

Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, gift of the Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation
Karmapa with his Footprints
Central Tibet, late 12th-early 13th century
Pigments on silk, 20 3/4 × 18 5/8 in.
F1997.32.2
https://rubinmuseum.org/collection/f1997-32-2/
https://rubinmuseum.org/projecthimalayanart/related/karmapa-with-his-footprints/

Depicted in this piece:

  • The First Karmapa, Dusum Khyenpa