About the portraits of Tibetan masters
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Figure 8: The fifth Dalaï Lama
Left: Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Acc. 50.3606
photo, MFA Boston
Right: Private collection of Jean-Luc Estournel
photo. F. Gousset
The tögag (stod ‘gag) commonly called "dhonka" is shown in color in these two images. Note that in the image on the left the tögag is folded under the right arm of the lama, while on the right the tögag is folded under the left arm.
Detail: showing the same two images in a grey-tone rendering with the tögag in white in both images
