Sangye Sengge

Sanggye Sengge, the eleventh throne holder of Ngor Ewam Monastery is the main figure in this work, created between 1550 and 1560. It is in the Menri style with Beri elements.

Source:
Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, Gift of Shelley and Donald Rubin
Ngor Abbot Sanggye Sengge (1504-1569)
Tsang Province, Central Tibet, ca. 1550s-1560s
Pigment on cloth, 25 1/2 × 19 in. (estimated)
C2006.66.137

Depicted in this piece:

  • Donor Figure
  • Dronma Chog Dampa (?)
  • Hevajra
  • Muchen Sempa Chenpo Konchok Gyeltsen
  • Ngawang Kunga Rinchen
  • Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo
  • Panjarnata Mahakala
  • Rakta Yamari
  • Sachen Kunga Nyingpo
  • Sherab Gyaltsen
  • The Eleventh Ngor Khenchen, Sanggye Sengge
  • The Fifteenth Ngor Khenchen, Kunga Sonam Lhundrub
  • The Ninth Ngor Khenchen, Lhachok Sengge
  • The Tenth Ngor Khenchen, Konchok Lhundrub
  • Vaishravana
  • Virupa