the lama Tsongkhapa wearing the yellow pandita cap with lappets, seated at center in vajraparyankasana upon a white lotus throne, surrounded by a rainbow halo, the right hand raised in vitarka mudra grapsing the end of a lotus stem, the left hand in the lap holding a vase filled with amrita, a small figure of Buddha Shakyamuni at heart center, a khadga or sword on a white lotus over the right shoulder, a pustaka or religious text on a white lotus over the left shoulder, the upper register and left and right center with a retinue of buddhas, celestial beings, mahasiddhas and lineage holders, at lower register a retinue of dakinis, wrathful protectors including Panjarnata Mahakala, Yama Dharmaraja, Vajrabhairava, Shadbhuja Mahakala, White Mahakala, Shri Devi and Jambhala, together with the Guardians of the Four Directions and a host of nobles  Himalayan Art Resources item no. 18309.

The current work depicts the "Stages of the Path" Guru Puja (Tibetan: Lamrim Lama Chopa) Field of Accumulation visualization, with lama Tsongkhapa at center. Compare the composition of the current work with an eighteenth century Gelugpa Refuge Field from the Jongen-Schleiper Collection, see Bonhams London, 11 May 2017, lot 17; also compare with a further nineteenth century Refuge Field in the Rubin Museum of Art, New York, illustrated on Himalayan Art Resources item no. 556.